HONG KONG: Dozens of local community politicians in Hong Kong swore a newly required loyalty oath to China on Friday after hundreds of their colleagues quit in protest as authorities try to purge the city of "unpatriotic" elements.

District councilors are the only people Hong Kongers can fully elect with universal suffrage.

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