Hong Kong jailings could lend democracy cause greater legitimacy
(The Guardian China)

Detention of protest leaders highlights how `one country, two systems´ framework is on a knife edge, activists sayFor Hong Kong´s embattled democracy movement the 20th anniversary of the UK´s handover to China has been nothing short of an annus horribilis.But on Thursday afternoon, just minutes after the former British colony´s high court had transformed him into one of the city´s first prisoners of conscience, Joshua Wong struck a decidedly an upbeat tone. Related: Hong Kong democracy campaigners jailed over anti-China protests Continue reading...