Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble
by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 30, 2017 @02:07AM
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And how are Hong Kong's tycoons any different from the mainland's princelings? The CCP is dealing with what it knows in Hong Kong, and the dysfunctions of both are not that different at all.
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They aren't, but they make it difficult to call Hong Kong democratic, with a straight face. Half of their legislature is directly elected by corporations, for Pete's sakes.
Re:Once a Model City, Hong Kong Is in Trouble
by seanmcdirmid on Friday June 30, 2017 @03:09AM
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Sure, well, it isn't that different in the mainland, where half the congress are SOE execs as well as successful business men. Anyways, can we just call it democracy with Chinese characteristics?