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Protests in Hong Kong Have Roots in China’s ‘Two Systems’
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Forsythe describes the process by which the Chief Executive is elected in Hong Kong from a group of 1200 individuals mostly pro-business and loyal to Beijing. This was done under the Basic Law drafted in 1990, a mini-constitution that was the basis of transfer from Britain to China in 1997. In 2007 China's People's Congress promised Hong Kong a "one man, one vote" election for 2017. On August 31, 2014 changes were made to this planned election process to limit candidates to persons approved by Beijing, that was considered unacceptable by the protestors from civil society and the universities.
How Hong Kong's Chief Executive is chosen under the Basic Law drafted in 1990 and implemented with the 1997 transfer from Britain
09/29/2014
Forsythe provides details about how the Chief Executive is chosen from a group of1200 individuals mostly pro-business and loyal to Beijing. In 2017 the Chinese People's Congress promised to provide an election based on "one man, one vote." It is who can stand in the election that is the point of contention between pro-democracy protestors including university students, and the government in Beijing. Beijing wants to limit the candidates to people it approves, and protestors want to open up the process.
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The current system actually may offer more choice of candidates as it provides for a Chief Executive to be elected from 1200 business and poltiical leaders from Hong Kong, compared to the Beijing plan to have a pro-Beijing committee vetting candidates. This realization led to the historic vote in the legislature after the failure to convince the government led by Xi Jinping to allow free choice of candidates.
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