Tag Archives: hong kong

LibLink: Edward McMillan-Scott: Britain’s obligation towards Hong Kong

By NewsHound | Thu 9th October 2014 - 3:35 pm

Former MEP Edward McMillan-Scott, who until June was a Vice President of the European Parliament with responsibility for human rights, has written about the current situation in Hong Kong. First he sets out the context:

Posted in LibLink | Also tagged edward mcmillan-scott, human rights and yorkshire post | 11 Comments

Postcard from China (2): The Pearl of the Orient

By Alexander Payton | Sun 22nd December 2013 - 10:30 am

Should the Head of State be elected? Who should be allowed to be a candidate, and who should be allowed to vote?

Hong Kong currently faces these questions in its quest for universal suffrage and a democratic future, and was the recurrent theme during the second part of the trip to China organised by the British Chinese Project, in which I and three other Lib Dem delegates – Merlene Emerson, Sarah Yong and Steven Cheung – took part along with representatives from the other two main …

Posted in Europe / International and Op-eds | Also tagged a postcard from and china | 6 Comments