Nonetheless, there are inklings that such a sentiment may be emerging. For example, the 2007 election for the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), the third since the handover, included the first ever challenger to Beijing's nominee.
不過今年初，第三屆「特首」選舉中，香港卻首次出現挑戰北京指定人選的反對派候選人，隱隱透露出一些端倪。