Hong Kong democracy

The PRC has a long history of remaking institutions, but keeping up the language and appearance of the past.

For the second year in a row, the customary June 4 vigil has been banned by authorities.

Despite the rocky road ahead, Hong Kong’s opposition politicians must not give up on the political arena.

For many, the arrest and conviction of Hong Kong's “father of democracy” signal a cataclysmic shift in the city’s political climate.

The most significant government reforms since the city’s handover in 1997 consolidate Beijing's control over Hong Kong's government.

Under the newly revamped electoral system, only 20 of the Legislative Council’s 90 seats will be directly elected.

Parsing the motivations, and implications, of Beijing's plan to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral and legislative structures.

The changes, billed as necessary “improvements,” will make it effectively impossible for pro-democrats to win office.

This year's big tasks are finalizing the 14th Five-Year Plan and remaking Hong Kong's electoral system.

Nearly all of the city's prominent pro-democracy voices have been arrested or forced into exile.

Beijing may explore allowing a limited, managed style of democracy – one that ensures a toothless opposition, in the style of Putin’s Russia.