{"id":113888,"date":"2017-03-07T10:05:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T02:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=113888"},"modified":"2017-03-07T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T02:07:23","slug":"zhang-stops-short-naming-next-ce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/zhang-stops-short-naming-next-ce\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhang stops short of naming next CE, does he?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Chris Yeung \u2013<\/p>\n<p>A top Chinese official has dropped more hints of Beijing\u2019s preference for the next chief executive, but stopped short of naming her name, namely former chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks made at a meeting with local deputies of the National People\u2019s Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Monday, chairman Zhang Dejiang appears to have targeted at the alleged shortcomings of Mrs Lam\u2019s main rival, John Tsang Chun-wah.<br \/>\nAgain, he did not name Tsang.<\/p>\n<p>Full article:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CswK4P6CaM\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2017\/03\/07\/zhang-stops-short-of-naming-next-ce-does-he\/\">Zhang stops short of naming next CE, does he?<\/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\/07\/zhang-stops-short-of-naming-next-ce-does-he\/embed\/#?secret=CswK4P6CaM\" data-secret=\"CswK4P6CaM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Zhang stops short of naming next CE, does he?&#8221; &#8212; Voice of Hong Kong\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Chinese official has dropped more hints of Beijing\u2019s preference for the next chief executive, but stopped short of naming her name, namely former chief secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":103688,"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\/cy1031.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-tCU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115941,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/tsangs-article-23-talk-no-puff-talking\/","url_meta":{"origin":113888,"position":0},"title":"Tsang&#8217;s Article 23 talk no puff talking","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"April 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"One week after Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor became chief executive-elect, a think-tank led by former Legco President Tsang Yok-sing has tried to put a highly-contentious issue onto her policy agenda in the next five years","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\/2017\/04\/PICHKIndependenceJuly1-777x437-777x437.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":116610,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/hopes-anxiety-uncertainties-lams-beijing-trip\/","url_meta":{"origin":113888,"position":1},"title":"Hopes, anxiety and uncertainties in Lam&#8217;s Beijing trip","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"April 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Any doubts about Beijing\u2019s backing of chief executive-elect Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor would now have been laid to rest following her visit to Beijing this week. 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