{"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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