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Originally Posted by bobabode
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5743344.html
"BEIJING (AP) — China's legislature on Sunday ruled out allowing open nominations in the inaugural election for Hong Kong's leader, saying they would create a "chaotic society." Democracy activists in the Asian financial hub responded by saying that a long-threatened mass occupation of the heart of the city "will definitely happen.""
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In the early days of China opening to west she needed Hong Kong to interact with capitalism.
Now Hong Kong is still important but not to that degree where she has to defer to their democratic desires.
Hong Kong is viewed as a bad example to the main land.