Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

On May 22, 1:28=A0am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:16:08 +0800, BobLee1964 wrote
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> > On May 21, 8:18=A0am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:56:30 +0800, BobLee1964 wrote
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> >> <477b8e7d-c83b-42de-8a49-145062f7b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> I prefer living in autocratic Hong Kong to living in democratic Iraq
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> >> 1. Who told you that Hong Kong was autocratic? It is number one in
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> > Hong Kong is autocratic because the political power is overwhelmingly
> > in the handle of Chief Executive, who is elected by a small special
> > committee and approved by the Chinese government. The legislature has
> > little power,
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> autocrats do not permit a free press. Hong Kong's press is free (the
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> press is not). Ditto freedom of speech, religion, etc.
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> Autocrats do not permit independent courts. The courts in Hong Kong are
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> under communist control.

The real "supreme court" of Hong Kong is in Beijing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_abode_issue,_Hong_Kong