"If #HongKong's pan-democrats were taken in by, or chose to believe, the notion that Beijing would #allow real #democracy in Hong Kong, they were hardly alone. Legions of Western scholars and journalists helped perpetuate the #delusion that as China became more affluent, it would become more open and democratic." (from: China's false promises to Hong Kong) http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-false-promises-to-hong-kong/2014/10/03/dbf504fe-4983-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html