Varieties of Democracy

If democracy is dead in Hong Kong, blame no one but the democrats

15 Jun 2012

Once upon a time, in a city of seven million people, some activists, who called themselves democrats, kidnapped Democracy. She was dying a slow death.

In the old days, the...

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Noise cancellation

27 Jun 2010

Democracy and free speech go hand in hand but there has to be a limit.

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Close battle predicted

9 Apr 2010

At last the starting gun has been fired for a British election. Citizens will go to the polls on May 6 to choose a new prime minister or give the current one, Labour party leader Gordon Brown, a...

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'Our differences have narrowed'

20 Feb 2010

The government has conceded that differences between it and moderate pan-democrats over the pace of democratisation have narrowed.

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Democracy forsaken on dissidents' power trip

13 Nov 2009

For the past two years, our dissidents have been preparing for a showdown on constitutional development. Watching their infighting and listening to their rhetoric, it is now clear that this has...

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The rich and powerful exploit so-called democratic systems

21 Jul 2009

I am afraid that Stephen Chan ('Skewed view of democracy', July 14) and Reuben Tuck ('Tyranny ends when leaders are accountable', July 15) express hopes but not facts in present-day democracies,...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Beijing loyalist defends democracy time frame remarks

Veteran Beijing loyalist Cheng Yiu-tong yesterday defended his statement on Saturday that universal suffrage in 2012 was 'impossible', insisting there was no conflict in expressing his personal...

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Zen joins march after 'restraining' himself for 10 years

For some people, 10 years might not seem a long wait as far as the introduction of universal suffrage is concerned, but for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun it is long enough to make him protest on...

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Seeking pure democracy

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Benevolent despotism is no vote winner

THERE I WAS, sitting on my balcony on Sunday afternoon, working on bits and bobs, when out of the ether from RTHK radio news came the following gem:

1:11AM

Ideological dream

To some politicians and members of the media, the word 'democracy' means simply 'universal suffrage', as if one-person-one-vote will solve every problem.

9:55PM

Drawbacks of democracy

In 'Everybody deserves democracy' (September 5), Chris Patten argues that democracy should have no cultural boundaries.

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