Alumnus discusses ways to break deadlock on Hong Kong Chief Executive election

David Caragliano (JD/CCS MA '09)

David Caragliano (JD/CCS MA '09)

Democracy in Hong Kong: Might 'none-of-these-candidates' break the deadlock? 

Brookings East Asia Commentary | Number 85, February 2015

Is it possible to design an electoral system that is sufficiently open and democratic in the eyes of the Hong Kong people and, at the same time, that guarantees to the Central Government that the elected leader of this special administrative region accepts the supremacy of the Chinese Communist Party?