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There was a boycott by many people. turnout was just 30%. and by one analysis, 82 of the 90 seats were won by members pro—establishment, pro—beijing camp. given that you said 25 years ago, on leaving hong kong, "britain has provided the scaffolding that enabled "the people of hong kong to ascend — the rule of law, "clean and light—handed government. the way you're talking now — did you expect this? did you fear this? well, in my gloomiest moments, and i tend to the glass half—empty school of looking at things, in my gloomiest moments, i thought that there was a possibility that it ...

Shudderfrom you when i read was handed back and i could sense a shudder from you when i read that. yes, well it is of course completely absurd. i don't think xi jinping would know a democratic election if it hit him over the head with a police truncheon. the truth is, one of the reasons why the chinese communists passed what is called the national security law, which in effect put hong kong into handcuffs, one of the reasons they did that was they were terrified of the likely outcome of legislative council elections in 2020.— outcome of legislative council elections in 2020. what were the ro...

It was very much driven by him when thejoint declaration was agreed, and when people were arguing that there should be an arbitration mechanism in it, he said, "no, no, no." and his argument was this. he said, and he had reason for realising this because he'd been in the british embassy when it was burnt down during the cultural revolution, he said, "the chinese leaders may be thuggish dictators, "but they're men of their word." now, we know that part of that is true — the first bit, but the second part isn't. and you can look at things all round the world, examples of the chinese simply bre...