Hong Kong back on track after ‘wasted’ years, China’s Communist Party owns ‘intellectual property’ of city’s democracy as its drafter and defender: think tank leader

• Recent Beijing white paper on the subject ‘full of emotions and selfless love’, director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for Hong Kong and Macau Studies says on Monday
• But no timeline offered for document’s pledge of universal suffrage for city’s chief executive and lawmakers, as this goal remains dependent on ‘practical realities’