The worst case would be if China disregarded a decisive pro-democracy win in 2007 and 2008 and continued to insist that Hong Kong's people were unready for democracy or to allege foreign manipulation of the pro-democracy camp. Hong Kong's people may well conclude that they have no alternative but to use every occasion to protest chief executive Tung Chee-hwa's unpopular government, making it even harder for him to govern.
最糟的情况则可能是中国无视亲民主派在2007和2008年选举中的决定性胜利并继续坚持香港民众还没有准备好迎接民主的立场或宣称亲民主阵营被外来势力左右。而香港的民众则极可能认为他们别无选择只能用一切手段抗议特首董建华领导下的不受欢迎的政府，从而使其执政变得更为困难。