Participation in the district elections in Hong Kong on the weekend fell to a record low. According to the administration of the special administrative region of China on Monday, 27.5% of eligible voters took part in Sunday’s vote. This is the lowest turnout since the city reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 following more than 150 years of British colonial rule. After massive protests in Hong Kong in the summer of 2019 calling for more democratic practices, voters in November that year installed a slate of pro-democracy candidates during district council elections as a rebuke to Beijing. …