Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Hong Kong holds 'patriots only' elections | DW News" video.

  1. Is it really relevant what the UK did or didn't do? Democracy is an unalienable right, regardless of who your past or present colonial masters were or are. Taiwan has earned itself the classification of full democracy, so why not Hong Kong? The Hongkongers certainly had the ambition, till the CCP clamped down on them.
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  2. No, we can stand as independent candidates as well. For municipal elections, all we need are ten signatures from eligible voters, some of whom could be, for instance, my next-door neighbours, who hold PRC passports. In fact, these neighbours of mine could stand as candidates themselves, too, under the exact same conditions. Before registering them, the authorities wouldn't be allowed to ask them about their political leanings or if they harbour "hostile" feelings towards their adopted homeland. Welcome to full democracy.
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  3. As in BNP members?
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