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>or the direct election of the HK Chief Executive, who up to this point have been nominated from a narrow pool of Beijing-approved candidates This is only true
by lazerpants 7y ago
>or the direct election of the HK Chief Executive, who up to this point have been nominated from a narrow pool of Beijing-approved candidates
This is only true since the handover from the UK in 1997.
- UIZealot 7y agoThat's true. Prior to the handover, the executive head of HK had been the governor, appointed by the British government.
- lacampbell 7y agoCommunist China issued invasion threats when the UK proposed introducing self-government in the late 50s and early 60s. https://qz.com/279013/the-secret-history-of-hong-kongs-stillborn-democracy/ https://qz.com/279013/the-secret-history-of-hong-kongs-still...
- UIZealot 7y agoThank you! That's an interesting read. Directly from the article: > And when Mao founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, he and Zhou Enlai decided not to seize Hong Kong—which the British at the time expected The other side of the story is that China could've easily seized HK from the beginning, and the people of HK would've been under the direct rule of China, and never gotten any of the freedom and autonomy they enjoy today.