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A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations", and these have been able to decide the Government recently. China buying control of the corporations will further subvert the democracy.
Sounds like they're pulling an America
A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations", and these have been able to decide the Government recently. China buying control of the corporations will further subvert the democracy.
Sounds like their cup didn't runneth over with democracy even beforehand... that's bizarre. Like a modern House of Lords that just leans into giving corps a seat in government...
A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations", and these have been able to decide the Government recently. China buying control of the corporations will further subvert the democracy.
A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations", and these have been able to decide the Government recently. China buying control of the corporations will further subvert the democracy.
> A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations" Sounds like they're pulling an America
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> A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations" Sounds like they're pulling an America
It has been this way since 1997; Hong Kong is the only terretory I know of governed by a CEO.
Many US counties have a similarly-titled head of government.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations" Sounds like they're pulling an America
It has been this way since 1997; Hong Kong is the only terretory I know of governed by a CEO.
Note: The City of London is not the same thing as London. It’s real weird.
A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations", and these have been able to decide the Government recently. China buying control of the corporations will further subvert the democracy.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London#Elections note: this is the City of London (~1 square mile) not the metropolis.
Edit: ninja'd by louthy and djcapelis
A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations", and these have been able to decide the Government recently. China buying control of the corporations will further subvert the democracy.
Rather like the City of London then [1] - not the only similarity between the two places. I think the system dates to British rule in Hong Kong, which became partly democratic rather late in the day. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London#Elections note: this is the City of London (~1 square mile) not the metropolis. Edit: ninja'd by louthy and djcapelis
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/world/asia/china-began-pu...
A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations", and these have been able to decide the Government recently. China buying control of the corporations will further subvert the democracy.
> A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations" Sounds like they're pulling an America
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_constituency_(Hong_...
A significant number of the seats in Hong Kong government are voted/belong to "industry/corporations", and these have been able to decide the Government recently. China buying control of the corporations will further subvert the democracy.