While echo's of Tienanmen square my not waffle through the air the government is oppressed wit showing democracy demonstrators in the city as anti-government, influenced by outside forces and pro western all in an effort to undermined the rule of law.
General principles
- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is part of the People's Republic of China.[3]
- The region has a high degree of autonomy and enjoys executive, legislative and independent judicial power, including that of final adjudication.[3] An implication is that the former judicial recourse by appealing to the United Kingdom's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council would no longer be available. Instead, the Court of Final Appeal was established within the HKSAR to take up the role.
- The executive authorities and legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be composed of permanent residents of Hong Kong in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Basic Law.[3]
- The socialist system and policies shall not be practised in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the previous capitalist system and way of life shall remain unchanged for 50 years.[3]
- The laws previously in force in Hong Kong, that is, the common law, rules of equity, ordinances, subordinate legislation and customary law (such as Chinese clan law) shall be maintained, except for any that contravene the Basic Law and subject to any amendment by the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.[3]
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall protect the right of ownership of private property in accordance with law.Kinda of reminds you of Egypt without the camel charges. All in the name of preserving the dictatorship.
Remember China's Communist government agreed with the conditions as laid out above. They also agreed to Hong Kong's eligible voters would have a voice in the selection of the cities administrator which was to be enacted in 2017. This was nullified in August of this year when Beijing announced that they would ultimately have say in the selection of the cities governance. Rather than the voters as promised.
Violent scuffles have broken out in one of Hong Kong’s most famous and congested shopping districts, as supporters of Chinese rule stormed tents and ripped down banners belonging to pro-democracy protesters.
In the gritty, bustling district of Mongkok – considered one of the most crowded places on Earth with its high-rise apartment blocks packed closely together over neon lights, bars, restaurants and open-air markets – about 1,000 Beijing supporters clashed with about 100 protesters on Friday, spitting and throwing water bottles.
Hong Kong’s mass pro-democracy protests had ebbed on Friday morning after the chief executive offered talks to student representatives minutes before their midnight deadline for his resignation.
But hundreds remained in Mongkok and around government offices in the city’s downtown, angered by Leung Chun-ying’s refusal to quit and deeply sceptical that dialogue will win any changes to Beijing’s plans for elections in the region.
Police formed a human chain in Mongkok to separate the two groups amid the wail of sirens.
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