Maria Tam, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress, walks out of the National People's Congress conference center in Beijing, China, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Beijing plans to intervene in a Hong Kong political dispute over two young, newly elected separatist lawmakers in a rare move that is stoking fears the Chinese-ruled city’s considerable autonomy and independent judiciary are under threat. Tam told reporters that the NPC has the "final say" on the dispute and that Hong Kong's highest court would accept the NPC interpretation as binding.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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