CNN has posted an article detailing a demonstration for democracy in Hong Kong on the seventh anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China. While the People’s Republic promised to allow democracy in Hong Kong, it didn’t take long for the Mainland to clamp down on the territory, revoking the right to elect their chief executive and eliminating direct elections in 2007 and 2008, fearing democratic sentiments will spread to the rest of China.
July 1, 2004