China's Communist leaders have pulled out their usual playbook to suppress resistance to their plans to tightly limit the first direct election of Hong Kong's leader, but are likely to find that the results are quite different. Beijing is blaming radicals and foreigners and showing off its military might, all things unlikely to go down well in the freewheeling capitalist bastion where a sizeable middle class accustomed to freedom of speech and the rule of law plans to push back with acts of civil disobedience. http://apne.ws/1pAVwyE's%20Playbook/id-e190f616c56e42dcbdeaa52b5194e625 http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
China Anti-dissent Playbook May Fail In Hong Kong
China's Communist leaders have pulled out their usual playbook to suppress resistance to their plans to tightly limit the first direct election of Hong Kong's leader, but are likely to find that the results are quite different. Beijing is blaming radicals and foreigners and showing off its military might, all things unlikely to go down well in the freewheeling capitalist bastion where a sizeable middle class accustomed to freedom of speech and the rule of law plans to push back with acts of civil disobedience. http://apne.ws/1pAVwyE's%20Playbook/id-e190f616c56e42dcbdeaa52b5194e625 http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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