Hong Kong is NOT a democracy! Right?

Was when under the British rule .But not now,China is not a Democratic country.

HK is a limited democracy and has always been so. Prior to 1997 the PM would appoint a governor and today one, specifically a chief executive is appointed by Beijing. HK is the freest economy in the world with almost no government interference in peoples lives and business. By comparison to western nations like the United States where we have a two party dictatorship run by corrupt special interest groups with third / alternative parties disallowed from participating in presidential debates and where pretty much everything is done to prevent such parties from ever gaining strength, it is obvious that we are less of a democracy that HK. The HK protesters demanding more democracy are mostly peasants who have not experienced the western world with it's overwhelming government control over citizens. I have lived half my live in HK and the other half in the United States and am an American citizen. Mainland China however is a little different. It is no longer a communist nation which most of us think; it has become the worlds biggest capitalist nation albeit and authoritarian one - which is not the case with HK.

Hong Kong's democracy is limited to only 30 out of 59 seats in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. However, its chief executive is 'voted' by a council in Beijing who are overwhelmingly the same guys with the same minds in the Communist Party and are all instructed beforehand by the top dogs in the CCP to 'vote' for the more favorable chief executive. Both you and the people, who claim that Hong Kong is a democracy, are correct to some extent, HK would be best described as a limited democracy.

Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.

You are wrong. Even during the British era, Hong Kong still not democratic state and no election was held. Well, the chief is appointed by Beijing and it is agreed by the British in the treaty. Compare to other province in China, Hong Kong semocracy level is the top due to Hong Kongers still can elect the legislators, at least half of them. If you say election in Mainland China, u only can elect when u r the member of the People's National Congress! And you are still lucky because Beijing cannot direct control the law in Hong Kong and the law still being control by Hong Kongers themselves. Beijing can only influence through Chief.