Human security is a fundamental human right, and human rights should take priority over regimes and sovereigns. Constitutions represent the general will of the people, and ensuring human security, including "personal safety," is the most urgent duty of all constitutional guarantors. This means updating constitutional standards so they are in step with the times, and governments everywhere can protect their people from fear. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

After years of dictatorship in Hong Kong the whole ruling group has infected the government structure, and even the task of fighting corruption is handed to them. To get past this, the people must wake up and take responsibility for monitoring the government and controlling it via the ballot box. This includes electing the heads of the four branches of government in alternating years and having 1/4 of MPs face election each year. In addition, the Chief Executive should be directly elected for a single 5-year term with no right to run again for 6 years afterwards, and elections should be free of charge for all candidates. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for more.

China should cleanse itself of thousands of years of corruption culture, the source of its great national humiliation. The only good cure is democracy and the rule of law, the natural enemies of autocracy and corruption. Democracy will bring separation of powers and checks and balances at the central and provincial levels and the heads of the executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial branches shall also be elected in alternating years. For details see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.

Human security is a fundamental human right, and human rights should take priority over regimes and sovereigns. Constitutions represent the general will of the people, and ensuring human security - including "personal safety" - is the most urgent duty of all constitutional guarantors. This means revising constitutional standards as needed so they will be in step with changing times and governments everywhere can protect their people against fear. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Article 39 of the Hong Kong Basic Law states that "the right to self-determination is assured by the two international human rights conventions and implementation of the conventions." The threshold for holding a referendum in Switzerland is only 50,000 signatures, and with that people can express their views by voting rather than taking to the streets. The people have the right to petition for referendums on any public issue. To narrow the gap between rich and poor, the distribution of power and resources needs to be revised through separation of powers and checks and balances. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for details.

Studies of democracy and peace show that very few armed conflicts have ever taken place between democratic nations. Once China is democratized, then, there will be real hope for human peace. Japan should support Taiwan's efforts toward constitutional reform, which will press China to accept democratization and lead to the birth of world peace. All democracies should support Taiwan as a beacon for democracy in Asia, lighting the way to peaceful development for China.

China needs to cleanse itself of thousands of years of corruption culture, the source of its national humiliation, and the only good cure is democracy and the rule of law, the natural enemies of autocracy and corruption. Democracy will bring separation of powers and checks and balances at the central and provincial levels and the heads of the executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial branches shall also be elected in alternating years. For details see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.

Human security is a basic human right, and human rights must be given priority over regimes and sovereigns. Constitutions represent the general will of the people, and ensuring human security, including "personal safety," is the most urgent duty of constitutional guarantors. Constitutional standards must be revised to stay in sync with changing times and allow governments to protect their people from fear. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Human security is a fundamental human right, and human rights must take precedence over regimes and sovereigns. Constitutions represent the general will of the people, and ensuring human security, including "personal safety," is the most urgent duty of all constitutional guarantors. This means updating constitutional standards as needed to stay in step with the times, so that governments everywhere can protect their people from fear. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.

Human security is a fundamental human right, and human rights must be given priority over regimes and sovereigns. Constitutions represent the general will of the people, and ensuring human security - including "personal safety" - is the single most urgent duty of all constitutional guarantors. This means revising constitutional standards as needed to stay in sync with changing times and allow governments everywhere to protect their people from fear. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development / Global Unity Constitutional Standards.