The BBC’s John Simpson reports from Hong Kong, where the former colony’s increasing independent-mindedness is worrying Beijing.

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

When the rule of Hong Kong transferred from the UK to China in 1997, the Chinese government was careful to ease the fears of those in Hong Kong that they would not have their political and economic systems turned upside down.  “One country, two systems” was the famous slogan to sum up the policy that some felt would simply delay the inevitable.  Today, many of the youth in Hong Kong are demonstrating against what they feel are pressures to do away with their unique status.

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