Pluralistic Hopes in Hong Kong – Mitchell Landsberg

From LA Times:

For the first time since China’s communist revolution, a pro-democracy candidate in an area under Beijing’s control appears likely to compete in a contest for high political office.

Alan Leong is virtually certain to lose the March race for chief executive of Hong Kong, and the election itself will be a far cry from international standards of democracy. But pro-democracy forces in the former British protectorate had a strong showing Sunday in a vote to choose Hong Kong’s equivalent of the electoral college and are taking the results as a victory.[Full Text]

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