It’s a pity that the Economist’s piece on Hong Kong’s new chief executive Donald Tsang is subscriber only for the accompanying photo is a classic. For those of you that haven’t seen it, in the 1997 picture Tsang kneels, and Prince Charles knights the future Beijing-approved leader with a sword. A Chinese man kneeling for a royal Brit, hardly material for a Beijing endorsed career but Sir Donald has managed it by carefully maneuvering and playing up the essential skill-set for the job: deep loyalty and relentlessly pursuing the one thing essential for Hong Kong’s prosperity and Beijing’s relatively magnanimous approach: stability. On top of that he’s got an asset that his predecessor didn’t: Hong Kong people like him. It’s not democracy but in Hong Kong for now, it’s as good as it gets.