A new resolution granting Hong Kong universal suffrage has received little welcome from locals, as it stipulates Beijing approval of the nominees. The region’s ongoing electoral reform debates are aimed at the 2016 Legislative Council and 2017 chief executive elections, with political tensions deeply informed by the differences in culture and social perceptions between mainland Chinese and the people of Hong Kong.

The “One Country, Two Systems” principle guarantees Hong Kong’s way of life until 2047. Thus Hong Kong maintains non-interventionist economic policies, an English common law system, and a British education model. As a result it boasts of the world’s freest economy, extensive civil liberties, and some of the best schools on the planet. These factors, along with 150 years of British rule, have left an indelible mark on the way Hong Kong people think and have helped foster the notion that Hong Kong natives not only enjoy a better life but are better people for it.

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