China's parliament on Thursday passed a resolution on overhauling Hong Kong's electoral system in an apparent attempt to exclude pro-democracy and anti-Communist activists from the political arena in the special administrative region.The adoption on the last day of the annual session of the National People's Congress underscores a campaign by Chinese President Xi Jinping's leadership to further tighten its grip on Hong Kong to the detriment of democracy and freedoms in the territory.The Communist-led government's move has already triggered a backlash from democratic countries and is expecte…READ FULL ARTICLE