{"id":113516,"date":"2017-03-01T09:27:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T01:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=113516"},"modified":"2017-03-01T09:29:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T01:29:03","slug":"beijings-dilemma-leungs-cppcc-top-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/beijings-dilemma-leungs-cppcc-top-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing&#8217;s dilemma over Leung&#8217;s CPPCC top post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n<p>The ruling Chinese Communist Party is caught between a rock and a hard place in elevating the departing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to the top echelon of China\u2019s national united front body.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the Standing Committee of the Chinese People\u2019s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) approved with one dissenting vote and four abstentions the appointment of Leung to the national body. 275 said yes.<\/p>\n<p>It seems certain he will be named as one of the vice-chairman of the CPPCC at the end of an upcoming plenum in Beijing. If so, he will follow the footsteps of the first chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, who was made a vice-chairman after he stood down in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Full story:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fMpD57FAR7\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2017\/03\/01\/beijing-faces-dilemma-over-leungs-cppcc-top-post\/\">Beijing faces dilemma over Leung&#8217;s CPPCC top post<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2017\/03\/01\/beijing-faces-dilemma-over-leungs-cppcc-top-post\/embed\/#?secret=fMpD57FAR7\" data-secret=\"fMpD57FAR7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Beijing faces dilemma over Leung&#8217;s CPPCC top post&#8221; &#8212; Voice of Hong Kong\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ruling Chinese Communist Party is caught between a rock and a hard place in elevating the departing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to the top echelon of China\u2019s national united front body<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":39569,"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\/2015\/03\/\u6881\u632f\u82f13.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-twU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84270,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/lee-po-case-causes-more-harm-than-mong-kok-unrest\/","url_meta":{"origin":113516,"position":0},"title":"Lee Po case causes more harm than Mong Kok unrest","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"March 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Lee Po case cau","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\u5c08\u6b04&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\u5c08\u6b04","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/category\/column\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/PICBookstore1-777x437.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":95778,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/all-eyes-are-on-the-upcoming-legislative-council-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":113516,"position":1},"title":"All eyes are on the upcoming Legislative Council election","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"July 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Chris Yeung - All eyes are on the upcoming Legislative Council election scheduled for September 4. 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