Good point... Quote: the truth is that Hong Kong did not have a - TopicsExpress



          

Good point... Quote: the truth is that Hong Kong did not have a democratic system for 150 years under British rule. At the time, both the British and the Western media did not think democracy was necessary for Hong Kong, he said. The Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 does not mention universal suffrage, and Beijings proposal is more than what Hong Kong ever had under the British – a point which the Western media have missed, Mr Shanmugam said.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 10:19:19 +0000

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