I am going to play devil's advocate here. From CCP's point of view, there is absolutely no advantage in giving democracy to citizens of HK. The only objective

I am going to play devil's advocate here. From CCP's point of view, there is absolutely no advantage in giving democracy to citizens of HK. The only objective of HK is to be (economically) "prosperous" and "stable, quoting from official slogans. Many mainlanders come to HK for its high salary, often more than double that of Shenzhen and Shanghai, and even more compared to smaller cities in China. I think the salary of professionals in HK exceeds at least Taiwan, Japan, some of Europe, among others. Last year's District Council elections resulted in a landslide of anti-establishment getting in office. Then CCP decided this is not acceptable and stripped them of the right to vote for the head of HK. But this view is never shared in the years before, where the District Council is filled with pro-establishment parties like DAB. Considering economical "prosperity" is the only metric of success as seen by CCP to HK, no wonder they are doing this move to further make HK "stable". That said, I think the best move for us HKers is to work overseas whenever possible. Shameless plug: HKU EE/CS graduate here up for hire. If we cannot beat them, at least we should get to see it burn to ground. Laam Chau.