The sudden resignation of China’s hand-picked Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa, reflects the effectiveness of the pro-democracy forces in Hong Kong over the past few years, coupled with China’s growing dissatisfaction with the man who was unable to effect an orderly transfer of power from British control to communist control.Under the terms of the hand-over in 1997, China regained sovereignty over Hong Kong, but promised to protect Hong Kong’s legal, political and economic freedom for…
