My Chinese friends tell me that China's only hope of reform is through Hong Kong's success as a democracy, and I (from Hong Kong) reply that Hong Kong's democra

My Chinese friends tell me that China's only hope of reform is through Hong Kong's success as a democracy, and I (from Hong Kong) reply that Hong Kong's democracy is doomed by Beijing's influence through majority control of the legislature, that China reforming internally politically is Hong Kong's only hope; The party with the most funding and the most votes, "Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress", represents Beijing in Hong Kong. No, there is no hope at all. China growing on the wrong set of axis will first lead to economical, and then eventually, political collapse. The only question is when. It probably won't be this year, or even next year.