Elections and politics in Hong Kong: megathread

[kelestian]

In a rare loss in an election where it was a Pan-Democratic landslide, Radical Pan-Democratic and de facto leader of LSD 梁國雄(Leung Kwok-hung) lost his race.  He has been in LegCo since 2004 and was narrowly re-elected in 2016 but was thrown out of LegCo for refusing to take the oath (which included oath of loyalty  to PRC which HK is a part of).  He started in the 1970s as a pro-CCP Maoist and then moved to Trotskyism by the late 1970s and became an opponent of the CCP from the Left and these days represents Radical Left populist opponent of the PRC regime in HK.

He lost to DAB's chairwoman, right?

[kelestian]

Joshua Wong was barred from registration as candidate. Has someone else been also banned?

[kelestian]

So the opposition has ceased to exist and democracy is all but finished in Hong Kong. What a woeful situation it has been for them.

China is rapidly going forward with the American model instead of a nation of different nationalities under one banner. From Tibet, to Xinjiang, to Hong Kong, and even to more loyal provinces like Outer Mongolia. They can do this only for as long as the people perceive they are prospering under the CCP government and for how well financed the security apparatus is.

Ultimately it cannot last forever, and we will see how well China can deal with inner pressure in due time alongside exterior pressure.

American model? Which American model? They just went full Han nationalism. But in this case (Hong Kong) it's more about reganing full control of City and liquidating this strange situation when authoritarian state has one democratic region