https://www.scmp.com/rss/323134/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Democracy can be an orderly expression of public preferences to guide government in being responsible to the needs of citizens. Democracy can also be tumultuous chaos, with street protests, feuding factions in government, and repeated confrontations provoking extremist responses. Officials in Beijing think of democracy in the latter terms, and like to think they can persuade Hong Kong to instead choose a more limited, guided form of government without a fully democratic contest for the chief... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2001246/why-democracy-hong-kong-best-choice-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2001246/why-democracy-hong-kong-best-choice-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Aug 2016 04:53:13 +0000