BBC (March 26): China warns Hong Kong over democracy

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Friday March 26

China warns HK over democracy

A Chinese newspaper regarded as the mouthpiece of official policy, has warned Hong Kong to expect chaos if it persists with demands for democracy.
The paper, the China Daily, points to the uncertainty surrounding the recent election in Taiwan . . . .
The article in the China Daily says that if democracy is fostered in a radical way that is more than the local community can handle, the inevitable outcome is the disruption of social order.
This can lead to the paralysis of governance and social chaos, it says. Analysts interpret this as an attack on the campaign in Hong Kong for the introduction of universal suffrage by 2007.


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Of course, they would never point out that there is just as much uncertainty in the body politic when the nation is led by tyrants as it is when it is led by demagogues.

[mikey_1962]

1. This ain't good.................

Once you give people a taste of democracy it is hard to take it away. They weren't truly free under Britain but they had far more rights than in the mainland.