Hong kong's democrats stumble

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 138-152

  Cheng, Joseph Y S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 12744273856     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2005.0003     Document Type: Review

References (6)

1. For more on this turnover, see the eight essays grouped under the title "China's Changing of the Guard" in the January 2003 issue of the Journal of Democracy.
2. Quoted in "A Disappointing Day for the Democrats," www.economist.com, 13 September 2004.
3. Article 23 of the Basic Law provides that "The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People's Government, or theft of state secrets, to prohibit foreign political organizations or bodies from conducting political activities in the Region, and to prohibit political organizations or bodies of the Region from establishing ties with foreign political organizations or bodies." This article was written into the draft Basic Law after British-ruled Hong Kong became the scene of huge rallies protesting the June 1989 shooting of prodemocracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square; plainly, PRC authorities were worried by the prospect of any more such activities.
4. About 300 people died after the disease reached Hong Kong via neighboring Guangdong Province, where Communist authorities had suppressed news of it.
5. See South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), 18 May 2004, 14; 20 May 2004, 1; 24 August 2004, 12; 27 August 2004, 2; and 9 September 2004, 14.
6. In 2003, Hong Kong's GDP per capita topped US$23,000. The GDP per capita for China as a whole was estimated at $5,000 during the same year.