(Opinion) 'One country, two systems' takes root in Hong Kong
2016-09-08 09:24:03 source:Global Times
September 8, 2016
"In the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) election held Sunday, it is
reported that the pro-establishment camp won 41 out of 70 seats,
similar to the proportion in the last LegCo election. What's notable is
that within the opposition camp, localist hopefuls won six seats. Nathan
Law, 23, who was a member of the Hong Kong Federation of Students
during the Occupy Central movement, became the youngest lawmaker.
Localists
don't expressly advocate 'Hong Kong independence.' Votes are mostly
from young people who are anxious about jobs and houses and echo the
localists to vent discontent with their reality. They are not
necessarily pro-independence.
The pro-establishment camp still
holds a majority of seats, but the opposition maintains its veto power
and the increasing number of young pro-democracy activists herald more
difficulties for Hong Kong's governance and a more complicated struggle
within the LegCo. But an order is meanwhile being forged under the 'one
country, two systems' policy."
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