WHAT WILL THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION SAY ABOUT HONG KONG NOW?

I noted before that Heritage ranked Hong Kong #1 in the world for economic freedom yet it is still far from being a democracy. Here's a little more evidence that Heritage will have to spin.

China warns again against Hong Kong democracy push
Mar 7 03:24 AM US/Eastern
By MIN LEE
Associated Press Writer

HONG KONG (AP) - China has warned that a plan by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong to use a special election as a de facto referendum on democratic reform is a threat to stability in the former British colony.

While Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, it maintains a separate political system and enjoys Western-style civil liberties typically denied on the mainland. But Beijing has continued to deny full democracy. Hong Kong's leader is chosen by an 800-member committee stacked with pro-China figures and its legislature is half elected, half picked by special interest groups.