I like Taiwan, but confess I’ve never heard it compared to ‘paradise’ before:
"What we want [in Hong Kong] is one person, one vote. But [current Chief Executive Donald Tsang] criticized us, saying that is a dream that can only be found in paradise. According to his logic, the people of Taiwan are all in the paradise," [said Emily Lau, the chairwoman of a Hong Kong pro-democracy party.] "Hong Kong cannot compare with Taiwan in this regard."
UPDATE (Apr 6/07): A good column on the Hong Kong "election" can be found here.