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This is an article written by Milia Hau during early June, when protests in Hong Kong has just started.The article talks about points regarding how Hong Kong citizens feel about the handover as well as what the situation in Hong Kong was like during the Handover, it mentions that Hong Kong citizens do not see themselves as part of the People's Republic of China as well as the increase in emigration rates during the Handover. Hong Kong citizens have an aspiration for democracy, but they are unable to have this due to the domination of Beijing and China.
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After 1989, English-speaking countries partially opened their doors to those who were lucky enough to be able to afford emigration from Hong Kong; Britain had an oversubscribed scheme to offer citizenship to 50,000 Hong Kongers in 1990. Between 1984 and 1997, 10 percent of the population of Hong Kong emigrated.
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Hong Kongers do not see themselves as citizens of the PRC, as surveys by the Public Opinion Programme at the University of Hong Kong have repeatedly shown, but put local identity first. However, their ability to defend their identity and to aspire to democracy has been crippled by the dominance of Beijing.
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The fundamental problem, then, is that the government of Hong Kong is not accountable to the people of Hong Kong. It responds to the wishes of Chinese Communist Party officials in Beijing.
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Hong Kong is a rare example of an area with a largely liberal population, yet with an undemocratic system.
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