Oh really? The two systems where a CCP chill was placed at the top of the power and where protests were violently repressed?
Talk about being "freed" of colonial rule.
Without the will of Hong Kong citizens. That's the reverse of freedom.
> Hong Kong still has a democracy
It's not. The CCP simply dictates what happens in Hong Kong.
> Not hard to grasp.
Hong Kong being under the dictatorial boot of China is indeed not very difficult to grasp.
Without fair elections? I don't think so.
> It is the will of Hong Kong citizens to be free from British imperialism.
As decided where?
Show me the referendum voting results then?
So it isn't a democracy.