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Hong Kong citizens voted in the final day of an unofficial referendum on democratic reform Sunday, days before a record number of people are expected at an annual pro-democracy protest. The 10-day poll has seen voters choose how the southern Chinese city's leader should be elected, but it has enraged Beijing with state-run media describing the ballot as "an illegal farce". More than 760,000 people have voted since the poll opened online earlier this month, as fears grow that Beijing will backtrack on its promise to allow Hong Kong universal suffrage. Tensions are running high in the former British colony with upwards of 500,000 people expected to participate in a pro-democracy rally on Tuesday, the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China.
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