Title: Debate Begins Over Hong Kong's Electoral Reform

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/228/hong_kong_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Debate Begins Over Hong Kong's Electoral Reform' data-article-id='485'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10271'>Debate on voting rights in Hong Kong started Wednesday in a legislative meeting on the proposed electoral reform.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='10271' data-end-time='20063'>Thousands of demonstrators for and against the proposed change gathered outside of city government offices.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='20063' data-end-time='31833'>More than 100,000 demonstrators have been pressing for Hong Kong to have an open election for the city’s top leader, the chief executive.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='31833' data-end-time='41146'>China instead offered a plan that permits voters to choose among candidates approved by a government group. </span> <span data-start-time='41146' data-end-time='50729'>In the past, the chief executive has been elected by a 1200-member, mostly pro-Beijing committee. </span> <span data-start-time='50729' data-end-time='56625'>Legislators are expected to vote on the reform plan by Friday.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/228/workers_rights.m4a'><span>worker's rights</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/228/womens_rights.m4a'><span>women's rights</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/228/voting_rights.m4a'><span>voting rights</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/228/civil_rights.m4a'><span>civil rights</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2821 data-hint-location='31833' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/228/chinas_plan_only_permits_voters_to_choose_candidates_approved_by_a__blank__group.m4a'>China's plan only permits voters to choose candidates approved by a <span class='blank'>government</span> 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Debate on voting rights in Hong Kong started Wednesday in a legislative meeting on the proposed electoral reform.

Thousands of demonstrators for and against the proposed change gathered outside of city government offices.

More than 100,000 demonstrators have been pressing for Hong Kong to have an open election for the city’s top leader, the chief executive.

China instead offered a plan that permits voters to choose among candidates approved by a government group. In the past, the chief executive has been elected by a 1200-member, mostly pro-Beijing committee. Legislators are expected to vote on the reform plan by Friday.

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