While I do think that people should be free to elect any candidate for governor without having them nominated by a committee, or approved by a central government, the following articles provide much depth to the complexity of the issue in Hong Kong: theguardian/commentisfree/2014/sep/30/china-hong-kong-future-protesters-cry-democracy?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 globalresearch.ca/us-now-admits-it-is-funding-occupy-central-in-hong-kong/5405680 landdestroyer.blogspot.ch/2014/09/us-openly-approves-hong-kong-chaos-it.html Indeed, under British colonial rule, Hong Kong never had democracy to speak of. I was able to confirm what the first article said about the actual wording in the Basic Law for Hong Kong that was signed between the Chinese and UK governments in 1984, in anticipation of the return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Here is the official text: basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/chapter_4.html#section_1 Article 45 The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be selected by election or through consultations held locally and be appointed by the Central Peoples Government. The method for selecting the Chief Executive shall be specified in the light of the actual situation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and in accordance with the principle of gradual and orderly progress. The ultimate aim is the selection of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures. (Also here: cmab.gov.hk/en/issues/jd3.htm#con) In other words, the common media representation of China reneging on its promised universal suffrage for Hong Kong is untrue. Given that the key protest leaders and organizations in Occupy Central have apparently been trained, cultivated, and funded by the U.S. govt and corporate-financed foundations and think-tanks for years, as part of their campaigns to promote democracy and western propaganda in Hong Kong, as convincingly demonstrated by the 2nd and 3rd articles above, it is easy to understand how the Chinese central government may view it as a real possibility that such massive social engineering by the western governments may result in a pro-western, anti-China candidate being elected governor, which they could not accept.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 19:22:07 +0000
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