The Honk Kong crisis

The New-York times editorial board article titled “Hong Kong’s Leader Bends to Protests. But It May Not Break the Movement.” treats of the political crisis in Hong Kong where people protests against the eventual integration of the Hong Kong state within China. Hongkongers lived in a democratic state ever since the agreement of 1997 where Britain accepted to cede the sovereignty of Hong Kong to China after a period of 50 years. With the end of the concession period in 2047, Hongkongers are force to face the eventuality of a new communist government answering to Beijing. Hence the protests…