Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party moves to disband as freedoms dwindle

yeah thats these people's code for capitalism, yes.

under the assumption that its the only democratic way, which is almost the exact opposite of the truth.

It means pro-Western empire. Hong Kong was occupied by Britain and only developed a "pro-democracy/anti-China" movement when the British decided to develop it as a leave-behind spoiler when they realized they had no legal basis to extend their lease of the island past 1999

Always has been