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Hong Kong had no democracy until the 90's before it was handed over back to China. Hong Kong was a colony with its Governors appointed by the British Crown unt
by ww520 12y ago
Hong Kong had no democracy until the 90's before it was handed over back to China. Hong Kong was a colony with its Governors appointed by the British Crown until 1997.
The Legislative Council had half its members from the current government officials including the governor and half its members appointed by the governor. How democratic that was.
- logicchains 12y agoHong Kong may not have had democracy, but its citizens had strong protection of their social and property rights compared to Mainland China. Individual rights is not synonymous with democracy; the whole point of a republic is "Government by law, not by man" - pure democracy can potentially even by detrimental to individual rights, if the majority of the population don't respect certain rights (for instance, the Germans who elected Hitler).