Democracy

Millions of Pakistanis vote in defiance of deadly Taliban strikes

11 May 2013

Counting got under way in Pakistan's parliamentary and provincial elections yesterday after millions of people defied deadly Taliban attacks to take part in the historic democratic transition in...

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Democracy no barrier to investment

10 May 2013

Anson Chan gave an excellent talk recently about the future for democracy in Hong Kong.

The Basic Law defines universal suffrage as the right of each citizen to vote and to be elected to...

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Letters to the Editor, May 9, 2013

9 May 2013

Hong Kong civilised, not democratic

According to Michael Chugani, universal suffrage is mere icing on the democracy cake ("Over-egging it", May 4).

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Martin Lee must be flexible

8 May 2013

I refer to the article by Martin Lee Chu-ming ("The long wait", May 1).

Mr Lee wrote about his favourite subject, democracy in Hong Kong.

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Letters to the Editor, May 7, 2013

7 May 2013

We should not be happy with mere scraps

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Five times more conservatives than liberals in China, says survey

6 May 2013

Research by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has surprised even the study's author, who last polled political attitudes in the wake of the Tiananmen uprising in 1989.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Letters to the Editor, May 6, 2013

Your detailed coverage of the plight of Hong Kong's urban and rural trees highlights the need for urgent action if we are to save at least some of our natural heritage.

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Long struggle to publish Fang Lizhi's autobiography

It was an overdue autobiography, Li Shuxian, wife of Fang Lizhi and the book's collator, write in the preface. Indeed, most of it was written before the couple left Beijing more than 20 years ago...

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Fang Lizhi uses posthumous autobiography to deny any role in Tiananmen protests

"I hope my autobiography will help me to say clearly how I was guided by [the spirit of] science and democracy to the endless path of being the most-wanted man [by the Chinese authorities]," the...

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Dogmatic zeal over democracy won't get us there

Here's my confession: I have never voted in a Hong Kong election. I haven't even registered to vote. I've only voted in US elections. Call me irresponsible. There are three reasons why I have not...

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Chile shows the power of political consensus

Many democratically elected governments today are often reminded by the people they represent of the need to successfully balance social inclusiveness, justice and equality while implementing the...

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Hong Kong people can't just wait around for democracy; they must act

My story begins with the appearance of the pro-democracy legislators on the balcony of the former Legislative Council building at midnight on June 30, 1997.

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