China’s commitment to permit a democratic system to exist in Hong Kong will be put to the test in elections due to be held in Hong Kong next September.Under the terms of an agreement between Britain and China in 1990, Britain agreed to hand the colony back to China, on condition that the Communist regime respected the economic and political freedoms which exist in Hong Kong, and allow an increasing level of democratic control for the people of Hong Kong.These were guaranteed under Hong Kong’s Ba…
