Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

On Thu, 22 May 2008 20:25:55 +0800, BobLee1964 wrote
(in article 
<bbce6c7f-43ba-4fdc-bc40-3db06596be5c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> On May 22, 1:28 am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:16:08 +0800, BobLee1964 wrote
>> (in article
>> <f07bbc63-7ec2-4b53-bef7-f7cb96fe8...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>> 
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>>> On May 21, 8:18 am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 21 May 2008 13:56:30 +0800, BobLee1964 wrote
>>>> (in article
>>>> <477b8e7d-c83b-42de-8a49-145062f7b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>> 
>>>>> I prefer living in autocratic Hong Kong to living in democratic Iraq
in a
>>>>> heart beat.
>> 
>>>> 1. Who told you that Hong Kong was autocratic? It is number one in
economy
>>>> freedoms according to many surveys.
>> 
>>> 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,
>> 
>> autocrats do not permit a free press. Hong Kong's press is free (the
PRC's
>> press is not). Ditto freedom of speech, religion, etc.
>> 
>> Autocrats do not permit independent courts. The courts in Hong Kong are
not
>> under communist control.
> 
> The real "supreme court" of Hong Kong is in Beijing:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_abode_issue,_Hong_Kong

The reason this decision is famous is that it is virtually the only case
in 
which the CCP has interfered with a Hong Kong court.

I challenge you to show how well-informed you are by naming the others.


-- 
Love, Jim
(I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove excessive 
crossposts.)


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