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Re:Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Monday August 12, 2019 @09:16AM (#20675095)
Hong Kong was very far from a democracy for the vast majority of British rule. Patten, the last governor, did start installing some from the 1990s, much to the everlasting ire of the Chinese Communist Party, and it's certainly taken root quite fast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_development_in_Hong...

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Re:Hong Kong Airport shuts down as protesters take over by FabHK on Monday August 12, 2019 @10:20AM (#20675621)
> Hong Kong was very far from a democracy

True, to an extent, yet it had civil liberties and the rule of law to a larger extent than China. So, I think GP's argument still stands.

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