2017 election will be huge first but will it be free and fair? A Crisis of Democracy in Hong Kong

China to West: We don’t need your help democratizing Hong Kong

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Pedestrians walk past election flags displayed in a street of Hong Kong on September 9, 2012. Beijing is under pressure as calls for full democracy grow and disenchantment with Chinese rule surges ahead of the 2017 election of a chief executive. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles