{"id":116610,"date":"2017-04-13T09:45:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T01:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=116610"},"modified":"2017-04-13T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T01:45:48","slug":"hopes-anxiety-uncertainties-lams-beijing-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/hopes-anxiety-uncertainties-lams-beijing-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopes, anxiety and uncertainties in Lam&#8217;s Beijing trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n<p>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. Reading from a script, President Xi Jinping heaped praises on Mrs Lam, which could be seen as a statement of record about why she was chosen by the ruling Communist Party to lead Hong Kong in the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>Expected as it was, Xi\u2019s full and unambiguous backing of her is a must-have for her to do the task of healing the wounds inflicted by the incumbent chief Leung Chun-ying since 2012 and putting the city back on the track of economic and social progress in the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>Full article:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qHcMXXroEk\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2017\/04\/13\/hopes-anxiety-and-uncertainties-in-lams-beijing-trip\/\">Hopes, anxiety and uncertainties in Lam&#8217;s Beijing trip<\/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\/04\/13\/hopes-anxiety-and-uncertainties-in-lams-beijing-trip\/embed\/#?secret=qHcMXXroEk\" data-secret=\"qHcMXXroEk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Hopes, anxiety and uncertainties in Lam&#8217;s Beijing trip&#8221; &#8212; Voice of Hong Kong\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Reading from a script, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":115696,"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\/2017\/03\/CL001.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-ukO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":113888,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/zhang-stops-short-naming-next-ce\/","url_meta":{"origin":116610,"position":0},"title":"Zhang stops short of naming next CE, does he?","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"March 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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","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":113516,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/beijings-dilemma-leungs-cppcc-top-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":116610,"position":1},"title":"Beijing&#8217;s dilemma over Leung&#8217;s CPPCC top post","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"March 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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","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\/2015\/03\/\u6881\u632f\u82f13.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":111481,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/tsang-combat-mode\/","url_meta":{"origin":116610,"position":2},"title":"Tsang in combat mode","author":"news desk","date":"February 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Chief executive hopeful John Tsang Chun-wah switched to combat mode yesterday. 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