<P> In the spring of 1989, student leaders of the Chinese Democracy Movement expressed demands for democracy in terms which deliberately recalled the demands of the May Fourth Movement . Intellectual leaders such as Liu Xiaobo and Fang Lizhi supported their calls for participation in government and procedures to fight corruption . </P> <P> In December 2008, more than 350 intellectual and cultural leaders, including Liu Xiaobo, issued Charter 08 . The Charter said China remains the only large world power to still retain an authoritarian system that so infringes on human rights, and "This situation must change! Political democratic reforms cannot be delayed any longer!" </P> <P> Although mainland China is currently far away from a full - fledged civil democracy, Hong Kong and Macau as Special Administrative Regions do have some essences of liberal democracy . </P> <P> As European colonies, both were denied democratic governments until very late in the colonial period . Official memos from Chinese Commnunist Party leaders, threatening the British government if they were to hold elections in Hong Kong, were repeatedly sent from the 1950s onwards . Hong Kong got its first elections in the 1980s, and Macau in the 1990s . Both Hong Kong and Macau have legislatures; 35 of Hong Kong's 70 legislators are directly elected, as are 12 of Macao's 29 . Also, like grassroots elections in China, Hong Kong does hold elections for the district counsel, which act as consultants to the government . </P>

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