SAYING IT AGAIN: ASK FOR DEFINITIONS, NOT MORE PROMISES

Calls to rally around Beijing’s August 31 decision on the 2016/17 electoral reform cycle are rising on all sides.  Even British officials and American diplomats are now counseling 831 opponents that it’s time to retreat, give up the struggle, and take whatever Beijing wants to give.  The decision’s key features:  a 50% majority of 1,200 …