That makes me to recall the old HK colonial government, where there had no election, everything was ruled by authority and elites. I think the British are smart since they only gave us democracy when HK is about to return to China. Once people taste about democracy, this is hard to turn back. I agree that China is best to stay in current form of government. I used to laugh at Taiwan parliament of their silly fighting and inefficiency, but not anymore because we are doing the same thing now.
China is prudent and wise and knows that , i suppose, a radical shift in political integration may lead ti social unrest. That is why i think it was necessary to implement the 50 year transition period of 1 country 2 systems.
This is a mutually beneficial paradigm because for one; Hong Kong imparts on China some efficiency building measures that it had learned from the British, Hong Kong imparts onto China some academic processes and research methodologies that positively transforms Chinese higher education and citizen empowerment.
Hong Kong also imparts onto China self audit systems, which helps, in turn, to build organizational efficacy , and negates abuse of power. This can be seen now, in the systemic view , of China's recent corporate law reform, China's anti-corruption reform, China's educational reform, China's environmental law reform, which has translated in the extranational paradigm of China developing new Chinese-focused and oriented supranational organistional structures such as the AIIB, CPEC, SCO, and recently through China's own One Road One Belt Mandate through the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road.
You see, my friend, Hong Kong has helped and aided China to positively transform , in the Chinese system that is. It has been through gradual reform and specific impartation processes that has resulted in the dichotomy to China's reform process vis-a-vis Hong Kong's contribution as compared to Russia's disastrous Glasnost and Perestroika , which was radical oriented and devoid of structural apparatus to draw upon, which China had through Hong Kong.
On part of Hong Kong, integration with the mainland has led to policy reform and further centralization, which has led to efficiency actually. I believe that the relative benign protests in Hong Kong is but only a testament to the success of China's economic integration model with Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR. In another 30 some years, and with the rise of new generation of Hong Kong Chinese citizens who grew post 1997, we can expect streamlined national process.
We must not be too pessimistic, brother. It has only just been 19 years since the hand over. There is another 31 more years to go.
