{"id":111481,"date":"2017-02-03T10:27:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=111481"},"modified":"2017-02-03T10:27:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T02:27:48","slug":"tsang-combat-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/tsang-combat-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsang in combat mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive hopeful John Tsang Chun-wah switched to combat mode yesterday. In a three-thronged offensive, he moved to silence critics against his laid-back style, doubters about Beijing\u2019s trust in him and his determination to win the top post.<\/p>\n<p>Countering claims that Beijing has said no to his election bid, he told media: \u201cThere is no reason for me to believe that the central government does not trust me.\u201d&nbsp;He cited his past record of being a principal official appointed by the central government since 1999, which includes an almost 10-year stint as financial secretary.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time Tsang addressed the intense speculation that Beijing had on several occasions persuaded him not to run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2017\/01\/27\/tsang-in-combat-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2017\/01\/27\/tsang-in-combat-mode\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief executive hopeful John Tsang Chun-wah switched to combat mode yesterday. In a three-thronged offensive, he moved to silence critics against his laid-back style, doubters about Beijing\u2019s trust in him and his determination to win the top post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17613,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/cy0729.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-t05","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":96043,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/john-tsangs-clarification-of-china-economy-comment-intriguing\/","url_meta":{"origin":111481,"position":0},"title":"John Tsang&#8217;s clarification of China economy comment intriguing","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"July 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Chris Yeung Political pundits should be forgiven for having over-read a statement made by Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah yesterday, which is aimed to deny a report that quoted him as saying China\u2019s economy faced the \u201cworst time in 20 years.\u201d Amid speculation about his candidacy in next year\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chris Yeung&quot;","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\/07\/cy0729.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":114467,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/fighters-tsang-lam-trade-hits-winner\/","url_meta":{"origin":111481,"position":1},"title":"Fighters Tsang, Lam trade hit,s the winner is &#8230;","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"March 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Perhaps inspired by the 21 straight wins of Hong Kong\u2019s \u201cmagic kid\u201d Rex Tso Sing-yu in the early hours of Sunday, John Tsang Chun-wah was an uncharacteristic fighter at the first all-three chief executive election forum in the afternoon","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chris Yeung&quot;","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\/10\/cy1031.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":87377,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/tsang-plays-see-why-word-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":111481,"position":2},"title":"Tsang plays &#8216;See Why&#8217; 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