China Daily Article Bala Freedoms in West
When I see so many people clamoring for “democracy” in Hong Kong now, I often wonderwhether they know about the severe modifications “democracy” has undergone in the pastdecade or so in the United States and the United Kingdom. To me, Hong Kong, which lacksuniversal franchise but is on the way to get it soon, already has many civil rights that are beingeroded in the advanced democracies.