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Re:China: The Disappearing Millionaires (2019) [video] by ksec on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:14PM (#25636402)
>Under British rule, Hong Kong never had democracy in the first place.

British Hong Kong has elected local council and officials that are given power and budget within their constituency. The small council was disband just after 1997. Hong Kong had far more democracy than it ever had under China.

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Re:China: The Disappearing Millionaires (2019) [video] by FooBarWidget on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:10PM (#25641988)
And China did not do away with the local elections, nor have they plans to do so. The 2014 proposal was to allow more options for electing the Chief Executive.

Local elections also exist on the mainland.

Anyway, this is still irrelevant. The point still stands: the above doesn’t indicate in any way that China is an expansionist invader out to crush democracy.

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