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Christine Loh

Christine Loh is the CEO of the Hong Kong–based think tank Civic Exchange

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Hong Kong's democratic road: an interview with Christine Loh

Hong Kong people elected a series of surprising candidates – fiscal conservatives and a Trotskyist as well as democracy campaigners and pro–Beijing parties – in the largest–ever election to their Legislative Council. In the aftermath, a non–profit think–tank analyst talks to Caspar Henderson of openDemocracy about the future China’s “special administrative region”.

Is the Chinese world discovering democracy?

After 5,000 years, the Chinese world is discovering democracy says Christine Loh, former Hong Kong legislator and now a civil society activist. The day after 300,000 demonstrated in favour of direct elections to choose Hong Kong’s leader, she spoke to openDemocracy’s Caspar Henderson.