HK is definitely a spring board to democratizing China. China can follow a model like Taiwan (ROC) and be very happy. People in Taiwan have democracy, social s

HK is definitely a spring board to democratizing China. China can follow a model like Taiwan (ROC) and be very happy. People in Taiwan have democracy, social services, and feel great pride in their country. China has choices it can make, it's the people's choice. If it really wants to be great, it will entrust the power in its people by giving them human rights like EU and liberties like USA. It will respect intellectual property laws and have an open internet. It will pay reparations to the people of Xinjiang and Tibet and give them their sovereignty. Hong Kong is proof the system works, but the system can't work when they let property flippers from the mainland drive up real estate prices. The people of HK are suffering greatly because of the greedy few. The jist of the HK situation is this: China is trying to subvert the democracy in HK by taking the voting slots so they're all bought out to Beijing. But HK is an international city.