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Thousands of demonstrators gather outside the legislative chambers in Hong Kong Wednesday, July 9, 2003, to protest an anti-subversion bill. (AP)
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Beijing Delays Anti-Subversion Law
Story aired: Thursday, July 10, 2003
For the second time in three months, China's communist leadership's backed down, a direction they're not accustomed to move in.
First, Beijing admitted there really was a SARS problem. Now, the leadership's man in Hong Kong, chief executive Tun Chee Hwa, has postponed imposing a so-called anti-subversion law known as Article 23 after half a million took to the streets to protest it last week.
Is this people power?
To explore that question, we're joined now by Robert Broadfoot, head of a political risk consulting firm in Hong Kong. |
