I barely recognize Beijing. It’s an absolute ghost town in Chaoyang, which is largely shutdown. Hardly any cars or people on streets. See some crowds of hazmat suit workers.
Every store is closed.
Ballots are being counted. Livestream pans over LDP - sea of mostly men in suits.
This is the first LDP election with 2 female candidates.
Only 14% of seats in Japan's parliament are occupied by women, and most lawmakers are b/t 50-70 yrs
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