let me ask you about one country, two systems, which is of course the phrase that's been in use ever since the sino mid—1980s. it was to ensure that from 1997, when hong kong returned to china, and for 50 years thereafter, at least 50 years thereafter, this part of china would operate under a large degree of autonomy, preserving many of the freedoms and traditional british values that it had had whilst it was under british control. but your party's principal objectives, the civic party's principal objectives, include this reference. in our system, the rule of law protects individual rights and freedom by keeping public powers under check. the chinese mainland practices the rule by law, where laws are means by which the state keeps individuals under control. the implication of that is it may be one country, two systems, but they are two wholly incompatible systems. well, this is the beauty of a regional one country, two systems spirit. that is, mainland china could keep their way of doing business, but in hong kong, which is a place where we operate under capitalism, where hong kong people embrace l