{"id":102330,"date":"2016-10-17T08:22:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T00:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=102330"},"modified":"2016-10-17T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T00:22:43","slug":"hkmao-bashing-report-curtain-raiser-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/hkmao-bashing-report-curtain-raiser-change\/","title":{"rendered":"HKMAO-bashing report a curtain-raiser of change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n

Last Friday night\u2019s sharp critique of the work of the State Council\u2019s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office by the Communist Party\u2019s high-powered graft buster has dropped a bombshell in the mainland-Hong Kong political landscape.<\/p>\n

China-watchers and political pundits were perplexed about the scathing attacks against the mainland\u2019s key driver of the Hong Kong policy by the party\u2019s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the end of an inspection conducted between July and August.<\/p>\n

Questions were raised about its implications on Beijing\u2019s policy towards Hong Kong and the fate of the HKMAO and the central government\u2019s Liaison Office in Hong Kong. And more important, whether the criticism against the HKMAO has any impact on the upcoming 2017 Chief Executive election.<\/p>\n

There are no immediate answers.<\/p>\n

The only certainty is uncertainty. It looks increasingly certain changes in Beijing\u2019s tactic and approach, if not policy, towards Hong Kong, are imminent.<\/p>\n

Full article:<\/p>\n

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  By Chris Yeung Last Friday night\u2019s sharp critique of the work of the State Council\u2019s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office by the Communist Party\u2019s high-powered graft buster has dropped a bombshell in the mainland-Hong Kong political landscape. China-watchers and political pundits were perplexed about the scathing attacks against the mainland\u2019s key driver of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":102331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17613,8,6855],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cy1017.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-qCu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90334,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/word-play-in-beijings-hong-kong-game-worrying\/","url_meta":{"origin":102330,"position":0},"title":"Word play in Beijing’s Hong Kong game worrying","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"May 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The use of the word \u201cinspection (\u8996\u5bdf)\u201d by China\u2019s official Xinhua news agency to describe the upcoming visit of NPC chairman Zhang Dejiang to Hong Kong cannot be taken lightly.","rel":"","context":"In "Chris Yeung"","block_context":{"text":"Chris Yeung","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/chris-yeung\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cy0512.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":90960,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/promises-and-realities-belt-and-road-one-country-two-systems\/","url_meta":{"origin":102330,"position":1},"title":"Promises And Realities: \u2018Belt And Road\u2019, \u2018One Country, Two Systems\u2019","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"May 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With the grand \u201cBelt and Road\u201d initiative as the wrapping paper, China\u2019s Number Three man Zhang Dejiang has delivered a gift with economic candies and political bitter pills for the people of Hong Kong during his three-day \u201cinspection\u201d ended on Thursday.","rel":"","context":"In "Chris Yeung"","block_context":{"text":"Chris Yeung","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/chris-yeung\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cy0520.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":90483,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/conflicting-intriguing-messages-ahead-of-zhang-inspection-trip\/","url_meta":{"origin":102330,"position":2},"title":"Conflicting, intriguing messages ahead of Zhang ‘inspection’ trip","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"May 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Chris Yeung Conflicting signals and intriguing political acts of Hong Kong\u2019s top three officials have emerged on the eve of the \u201cinspection\u201d trip of NPC chairman Zhang Dejiang, the country\u2019s Number Three, to the city on Tuesday. 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