Freedom's Example on Taiwan By Amb. Richard S. Williamson
Ten years ago this month Hong Kong returned to China. The handover agreement between Britain and China entitled its people the right eventually to elect their leaders. Many hoped by now under China's "one country, two systems" formula, that Hong Kong would be a democracy. It is not.
As Professor Steve Tsang of Oxford University recently said, "[The Communists] aren't reassured that in the chaos of democracy, there is a semblance of sanity." Last month, Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed to preserve the Communist Party's monopoly on political power. Which is why thousands of protestors marched in Hong Kong to demand democracy.
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