What next for universal suffrage? ; Hard times for political publishers

It's shaping up to be a contentious summer, with the National People's Congress Standing Committee set to deliver a decision on Hong Kong's constitutional reform at the end of August. For the moment, Democrats are still pressing for the opportunity to talk to Beijing's representatives, who have been talking a lot to their allies. With us in the studio to talk about what's next is veteran democrat Martin Lee. The Hong Kong Book Fair ended on Tuesday, with the organiser the Trade Development Council estimating that over 980,000 people visited. One of the major trends at the show was the movement towards e-books. That may be useful for some of Hong Kong's publishers of political books, at least those who take a critical line. They say that getting their printed books in shops via local distributors is getting more and more difficult.
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