True-patriot games
Article Abstract:
History, opportunism and conviction have combined to make patriotism a politically explosive concept in post-colonial Hong Kong. If pro-democracy forces gain control of Hong KongEs Legislative Council and it gets dissolved then real patriots would get a chance to sit in a new chamber.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2004
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Democracy tolls for Tung
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Hong Kong citizens are demonstrating for greater democracy. They oppose the political system that was inherited from the British. There is no popular support for Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, hand-picked by Beijing well ahead of the British handover.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2004
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