From Reuters:
China’s parliament will decide next week whether to allow greater democracy in Hong Kong, but no one in the liberal camp is expecting a surprise Christmas present from the Communist rulers in Beijing.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang urged China this month to allow greater democracy in the former British colony in a report that said the majority of people in Hong Kong wanted direct elections by 2012.
But the report was criticized by the pro-democracy camp for its lack of a timetable and for suggesting a delay until 2017 as a more pragmatic option.
“We do not agree with the conclusions and suggestions made in the report,” Hong Kong’s pro-democracy legislators wrote in an open letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday. [Full Text]
