Yeah, no...
"A century of British colonial rule left Hong Kong with laws and customs rooted in the democratic tradition"
That's a nice fiction, but democratic reforms and the first local election for HK governor only happened as the British were leaving, and the colonial administration were far from tolerant of protests -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1966_riots is just one example
HK is more of a modern liberal and democratic society now than it was in 1997: the first female governor, gay sex no longer illegal, regular strikes and protests...but it's got all the usual trappings too: corruption, fake news, the 1%...seems like all the world's governments are converging to the same thing.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
