Pris séparément, tous ces éléments n'ont rien d'alarmant, car ils font partie de la rivalité des pouvoirs que l'on rencontre dans un système démocratique prospère capable de résister à ce genre de pression. Mais la démocratie à Hong Kong n'évolue pas comme nous le voudrions et c'est là la véritable source de nos préoccupations.
All of these things in themselves may not add up to a great deal because they are part of a normal power struggle that you would see, provided, that is, that what Hong Kong was based on was a thriving, democratic system that could resist those sorts of pressures. But we have to be concerned that in Hong Kong democracy is not going the way that we would have liked.