Title
Tongue-Tied in Hong Kong: The Fight for Two Systems and Two Languages
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-3-2016
Abstract
In 2012, C. Y. Leung was sworn into office as chief executive of Hong Kong after a controversial campaign. Because of Hong Kong’s unique “one country, two systems” arrangement with mainland China, he was elected to the territory’s highest office not by the direct vote of the citizens of Hong Kong but by an election committee of 1,200 members, widely viewed as a political cabal with economic and political ties to Beijing. Leung’s online critics nicknamed him 689, a reference to the actual number of votes that he received from the group of Beijing insiders out of the city’s 3.5 million registered voters.
Publisher
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
City
New York, NY
Repository Citation
Tam, G.A. (2016). Tongue-tied in Hong Kong: The fight for two systems and two languages. Foreign Affairs, 95(4).
Publication Information
Foreign Affairs