It also promised the city's leader would eventually be chosen through "universal suffrage".
Officials in Beijing had promised to allow the election of Hong Kong's next leader, in 2017, through universal suffrage.
Hong Kong is governed by a mini-constitution, the Basic Law, which says a nominating committee must have a role in the selection of the chief executive through universal suffrage.
Charting the history of feminism through the suffrage movement, Cunk discusses Emily Davison throwing herself in front of the king's horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913.
The Chinese government has promised to allow the selection of Hong Kong's next leader, in 2017, through universal suffrage, but has ruled out public nomination for candidates and insisted that only candidates who "love China" should be eligible.
The Chinese government has promised to allow the selection of Hong Kong's next leader, in 2017, through universal suffrage, but insists it has no obligation to allow an open nominating process.
Under the 1990 constitution, which has been amended, the president serves as the head of state and government, is elected to a five-year term through universal suffrage, and can be reelected to a consecutive term only once.
The Chinese government has maintained that it would honour its promise of allowing the selection of Hong Kong's next leader, in 2017, through universal suffrage, but has ruled out public nomination for candidates and insisted that only candidates who "love China" should be eligible.
Wolfgang Schäuble was therefore not wrong to present the future election of the president of the European Council through universal suffrage as a "true revolution" that will confer on the new edifice a halo of democracy – only the revolution is already underway, or at least it has been sketched out.
The first time the chief executive will be directly elected through universal suffrage in 2017, which means she can help to set the rules without having a vested interest as a participant herself.
