Once the Provisional Legislature is set up, Beijing will control it. Beijing will be able to pass any laws it wants.
"Martin Lee", Queen's Counsel/QC, Senior Counsel/SC, Justice of the Peace/JP, is a Hong Kong political activist, lawyer and former legislator. He was the founding chairman (1994–2002) of the Democratic Party (Hong Kong)/Democratic Party in Hong Kong. He was a directly-elected Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) for the Hong Kong Island (constituency)/Hong Kong Island geographical constituency. Professionally he is a barrister-at-law, the first on the order of precedence of Senior Counsels in Hong Kong.
Lee has been a prominent figure of the Hong Kong democracy movement on the international stage, especially in the United States. He is a controversial figure in Hong Kong. To human rights activists he has been labelled the "Father of Democracy" in Hong Kong. To Beijing officials, he has been labelled a "running dog of the colonialists".
[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1732549,00.html Hong Kong's "Father of Democracy" to Retire], Time magazine. Retrieved 31 Jul 2008.
After being a member of the Legislative Council for 23 years, Lee announced on 27 March 2008 that he would not seek re-election when his term ended in September of that year.
More Martin Lee on Wikipedia.He didn't mention human rights.
Of course, we know this British government has adopted a so-called ethical foreign policy.
This is an insult to Hong Kong people.
They have now changed the goal posts.
That means effectively all opposition will be stifled in.
The Beijing leaders have gone berserk about the possibility of our capturing more than half the seats.
I'm afraid, as a result of this visit of the prime minister to China, it looks like an economic foreign policy to me. It seems to me this is a visit with trade and commerce in mind and practically nothing else.
A very shameful and cowardly act.
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