I'm quite aware of HK's status under British rule. I'm also aware that it was dramatically better than Mao's rule. What I was referring to was the erosion of r

I'm quite aware of HK's status under British rule. I'm also aware that it was dramatically better than Mao's rule. What I was referring to was the erosion of rights since the takeover of HK by the PRC. Looking at your commenting history here on HN, I see quite a bit of love for dictatorships, and hatred for democracy. For this reason, I assume that you knew very well that I was referring to the erosion of rights since the takeover of HK, but decided to derail the thread, so as to avoid discussing the anti-democratic nature of the current PRC government, and the threat this poses to Taiwan. > WHITE governors of HK I'm a bit unhappy about your blatant racism. Please ponder the following question: how many non-Chinese General Secretaries of the Communist Party of China can you point me towards? Note that UK governors did a much better job of ruling HK than did Mao and his cronies in China. Note that it was only when Deng Xiaoping decided to copy the UK model that was trialled in HK and Singapore, that Mainland China stopped being a basket case.