... Localism Democratization Legitimacy crisis Political identity Occupy Central Movement From the political perspective, the lack of progress in the democratization process as a result of the failure to implement universal suffrage to elect the chief executive of Hong Kong further alienated some...

... aroused Beijing’s national security considerations. The oath-taking controversies of 2016 demonstrated the strife that now exists between Beijing and the localists in Hong Kong. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the localists’ perceptions of the political decay, legitimacy crisis and reverse...