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    Warnings, Wariness Mingle With Joy After Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Landslide

    While Chief Executive Carrie Lam vowed to listen "humbly" to voters, her backers in Beijing broadcast defiance. The election gave protesters a symbolic win, but its tangible impact remains in doubt.
    by Colin Dwyer Nov 25, 2019 2 minutes
    Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses the media after casting her vote during Sunday's district council elections. After results showed a landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates, Lam said she would listen "humbly" to the will of the voters.

    Just a day after Hong Kongers cast ballots overwhelmingly for pro-democracy candidates, handing them control of 17 of the region's 18 district councils, authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing have taken markedly different tacks in responding to the landslide.

    Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, adopted a conciliatory tone. She pledged to respect the election's results, which represented a veritable drubbing of her preferred slate

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