Macau’s Rotten Borough

From Wall Street Journal Asia:

When Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, Beijing promised the territory that its “ultimate aim” would be to select Hong Kong’s chief executive through “universal suffrage.” Since then, the Hong Kong government has dragged its feet on pushing China to implement this promise. The territory’s residents need only to look to nearby Macau to see what could happen if this democratic stall continues.

Macau’s “election” for chief executive kicked off last month when Fernando Chui Sai-on, a former culture minister, announced his candidacy. The mainland’s official Xinhua News Agency reported in May that the Chinese central government approved Mr. Chui’s decision to resign as culture minister, clearing him to seek the chief executive position.

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