ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the chance for Hong Kong to establish a genuine democratic system in the future. The political reality was that a truly large-scale democratic movement did not come to Hong Kong until early 2013. People should have the right to make their choices independently in a democratic process. Though the democratic movement in Hong Kong primarily aims at the political development in Hong Kong, the work in Hong Kong may loop back and influence the development in China. The pace and the form of the changes in Hong Kong’s political system in the past thirty years were shaped by two main factors. The first was the stance of Hong Kong’s sovereign. The second was the political attitude of Hong Kongers. The Umbrella Movement must be the landmark of Hong Kong’s democratic development. After the end of the occupation in the Umbrella Movement, Hong Kong with its democratic movement enters into a new era.
