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For the sake of both Hong Kong and Beijing, the future political arrangements of the city need to be settled soon. The Basic Law, Hong Kong's post-1997 constitution, which is based on a Chinese agreement with Britain on the colony's handover, allows that direct elections for the...
TIME: You sound like a natural politician. Wouldn't you welcome full democracy and direct election for Chief Executive? TSANG: Certainly I would welcome that, and our constitution allows it ... In 2005 I tried to [implement] constitutional reform. I did not succeed, not because people didn't want it. People...
To the political opposition in Hong Kong, the biggest issue is universal suffrage, whereby the Chief Executive and all of the Legislative Council are elected by popular vote. Yet Hong Kong's political system was never meant to be a carbon copy of any sovereign democracy. Unlike other colonies, Hong...
Farouky might want to add a sixth point to her solid list of ways for Europe's diverse inhabitants to get along. Rather than try to bolster our Christian credentials in response to fears that Islamists are intent on colonizing Europe, we should institutionalize inclusiveness for people of all backgrounds...
Rudy on Rights In asserting that the right to bear arms is part of the U.S. Constitution, Rudy Giuliani expresses a popular understanding of that document's Second Amendment [Feb. 26]. When the U.S. was established, the right to bear arms was linked to what was regarded as the duty...