Yeah check this out election wont be held until 2017 lots of thing could happen between now and then
Authoritarians cannot tolerate civil liberties and rights. The Chinese have already told the people in Hong Kong that they will choose the leaders approved by the party. The PLA is sure to be brought in as anything other would show weakness and lose face.
The Communist Party will not make concessions. If it has to make them in Hong Kong, it will have to make them in mainland China.
We’ve a few days away from China’s National Day - the day of the founding of the People’s Republic - but what is not lost on Chinese leaders is any hint of weakness would bring about the downfall of the Communist regime.
They are well aware they have to hang together or hang separately. How the democracy protests are resolved in HK will tell us much about China’s future.