The Democracy Question: Hong Kong’s Relationship with an Idea | Global Research
The noisy contention between democracy activists and Beijing lies in the
term “universal suffrage” behind the issue of electing the chief
executive, though the protesters cannot get past the other side of the
arrangement, which is the necessary involvement of the pro-Beijing
committee that vets candidates. No election without nomination, the
nomination which invariably has the ear of the NPC. Much like arranged
marriages, the parent gets first go.
