DEMOCRACY - PART 2

Sorry - I know I said I'd be brief but a few more thoughts...

In 43 years time Hong Kong reverts to direct Chinese rule. The CCP are obviously going to assume they will still be in charge of China at that time. This meas that if they were to give universal suffrage to Hong Kong it would only be until 2047 anyway, then it would disappear as the HK parliament disappears.

Can you really imagine the CCP allowing people to have a taste of democracy and then taking it away? Can you imagine the publics reaction here to having 40years of freedom and then having totalitarianism re-imposed?

Given the chinese obsession with "social stability" which is trotted out as the reason for pretty much everything I can't imagine them being too keen on the idea mass protests and potential civil unrest.

Therefore....

HONG KONG WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAVE FULL DEMOCRACY AND UNIvERSAL SUFFRAGE, AS LONG AS CHINA ITSELF REMAINS A ONE-PARTY SYSTEM.

I'm not saying that is right, or wrong, that this is the state of affairs, and you may not like it, but it is the truth. The only way HK will ever have democracy will be to secede from China.