Democracy advocates have witnessed a huge victory which is represented in several local counsel seats being earned by democratic politicians in Hong Kong. This has been made possible by the months of street protests. With 70 percent of the population voting, democratic politicians secured 389 out of 452 possible positions. The article does later go on to say that these positions are of the lowest political prowess and tend to be focused more on community issues like more bus stops and traffic lights. However, just because these positions don't have much power, does not mean that it isn't important. This is the biggest transformation that China has seen which pushes for democracy. And based on the deep unrest Hong Kong has for their central government, this is only the beginning.
Michael Pollack
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/world/asia/hong-kong-election-results.html
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