Monday Sunrise Briefs: Hong Kong backs democracy, Bloomberg runs

Hong Kong voters made a self governance statement Sunday. In local elections, pro-democracy candidates won  90% of 452 district council seats, which will help it take unprecedented control of 17 out of 18 district councils. This vote for a community level post tends to be a low-turnout event. But this election was different; it was seen as a referendum on the past six months of increasingly violent street protests against political restrictions by Beijing. Record turnout - 71 percent participation - sent a message. “This is historic. As our city plummets