That the ideas promoted in Hong Kong might catch on elsewhere in China is one obvious reason why China’s rulers are worried. Another is that they know they are the target. By making sure the Hong Kong government has little electoral legitimacy, they make themselves the butt of the protesters’ anger. And that anger is profound, even though Hong Kong’s people are beneficiaries of a far better version of the deal the party offers all China’s citizens: you can be rich and even free, up to a point, if you do not challenge our rule. Hong Kong’s children, says Jimmy Lai, a media boss who is unique among Hong Kong’s tycoons in supporting democracy, are “the elite of the elite”, “spoiled kids”. But, he says, “I am sure the whole world will wish it had spoiled kids like these.”
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:49:38 +0000
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