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One type 'resists communism through democracy'.
They have no confidence in the 'one country, two systems policy. Holding foreign 'green cards' on the one hand, they want to be the Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong on the other. Impassioned and excited, they make heroic and radical advocations to please Hong Kong people.
If Hong
if
Kong adopts what they advocate, they will stay here; Hong Kong is in a mess, they will bid farewell and flee, leaving behind the serious consequences to be borne by Hong Kong people. Owing to the limited number of these people, their political power is insignificant.
One type 'fears communism through democracy'. This type of people are in the majority. They have a fear of communist China and worry about interferences from China. They lack confidence in the future. They also believe in
democracy which, they think, forms an insulator segregating Hong Kong from the mainland. These people would rather cry out all the time that they are afraid, using fear as bargining power to force Beijing to give in. As a consequence, very often they are ill-treating themselves and are terribly suspicious. They cannot analyse problems rationally,
nor can they fully understand China's policy and hold a positive dialogue with Beijing.
Those who 'fear communism through democracy'
have a misconception that China is against democracy and
direct elections in Hong Kong with regard to representative
government. Little do they know that what China objected
to is the unwillingness of the British earlier on to adhere to the agreement by discussing with China through the Joint Liaison Group the issue of convergence between representative government and the Basic Law. China objects to drastic changes during the transition. She is opposed to political reforms which do away with the power structure already
provided for by the Sino-British Agreement (the British
side wants to reform the political system so that Leg Co
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