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 | Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers, from left, Frederick Fung, Wong Sing-chi and Martin Mak, enter a meeting room to meet Li Fei, vice-chairman of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, in China's southern city of Shenzhen, Thursday, April 22, 2004. The debate over Hong Kong democracy turned into a political showdown at the border, as China barred two opposition lawmakers from entering while admitting three others who tried but failed to meet with a top mainland official. click to open  |  | Protesters carrying a banner and a wreath march to the Hong Kong government headquarters April 6, 2004. China's parliament ruled on Tuesday that it has the power to decide if Hong Kong needs a electoral reforms, dealing a sharp blow to aspirations for democracy in the former British colony. click to open |  | Pro-democracy activists confront police as they try to march to China's de facto embassy in Hong Kong, calling on leaders in Communist China to end their one-party rule and release all political dissidents, April 5, 2004. click to open |  | A pro-democracy activist. carrying a defaced portrait of the police commissioner, is blocked by the police as she tries to march to China's de facto embassy in Hong Kong, calling on leaders in Communist China to end their one-party rule and release all political dissidents, April 5, 2004. click to open |  | 2003 Hong Kong local election: click to open |  | 2003 Hong Kong local election: executive Tung Chee-hwa at news conference after casting his vote on Nov 23rd, 2003 click to open |
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