Hong Kong has too many poor people to allow direct elections, leader says:
▻http://qz.com/284352/hong-kong-has-too-many-poor-people-to-allow-direct-elections-leader-says #HK #democracy #China
“If it’s entirely a numbers game—numeric representation—then obviously you’d be talking to half the people in Hong Kong [that] earn less than US$1,800 a month. You would end up with that kind of politics and policies”