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World Business Report: First broadcast 13/07/2020 00:06 GMT: 500,000 cast 'protest' vote against new Hong Kong security law

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First broadcast 13/07/2020 00:06 GMT

First broadcast 13/07/2020 00:06 GMT: 500,000 cast 'protest' vote against new Hong Kong security law

500,000 cast 'protest' vote against new Hong Kong security law

BBC World Service - World Business Report, 500,000 cast 'protest' vote against new Hong Kong security law

In Hong Kong, 500,000 people have cast a 'protest' vote against the new security law

500,000 Hong Kong citizens have queued to cast ballots over the weekend in what the Chinese-ruled city's opposition camp says is a symbolic protest vote against tough national security laws directly imposed by Beijing. We hear from the BBC's Danny Vincent. China releases second quarter growth figures this week; independent economist Michael Hughes tells us what to expect. Leaders of the 27 EU nations meet virtually on Friday to discuss plans to inject hundreds of billions of dollars into economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic; we hear from Maria Demertzis, deputy director of the Bruegel think tank in Brussels. Plus, Hannah Deacon, a medical cannabis campaigner says that the coronavirus pandemic could be opportunity for the industry to grow in the UK. And in Wales, churches and chapels will start to reopen from Monday. But there will be one thing missing for people sitting in the pews: a choir; we hear from Delyth Morgans Phillips a member of the Corisma choir in South Wales. Picture of a volunteer holding the QR code to download the voter app to vote at the pan-democrat primaries in Whampoa in Hong Kong, China, photo by Marc Fernandes/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

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