{"id":117092,"date":"2017-04-20T08:51:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=117092"},"modified":"2017-04-20T08:54:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:54:29","slug":"occupy-hot-handle-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/occupy-hot-handle-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy too hot to handle, for now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n<p>On the face of it, they are two unrelated episodes in the Hong Kong serial political drama.<\/p>\n<p>Episode one saw John Tsang Chun-wah, the most successful loser in the March 26 Chief Executive election, wading into the dangerous zone of Occupy Central.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing his supporters in Central\u2019s Edinburgh Place on March 24, he said: \u201cHere we stand near Lung Wo Road and Connaught Road. Occupy happened near us over two years ago. But I hope our rally today can give a new meaning to this place.\u201d He hoped people would remember they gathered there last night \u201cfor the unity of Hong Kong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full article:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vvP344k1nz\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2017\/04\/20\/occupy-too-hot-to-handle-for-now\/\">Occupy too hot to handle, for now<\/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\/20\/occupy-too-hot-to-handle-for-now\/embed\/#?secret=vvP344k1nz\" data-secret=\"vvP344k1nz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Occupy too hot to handle, for now&#8221; &#8212; Voice of Hong Kong\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the face of it, they are two unrelated episodes in the Hong Kong serial political drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":117094,"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\/04\/\u80e1\u5fd7\u5049-\u6c11\u4e3b\u9ee8-20170418193904_2369_large-777x437.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-usA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92723,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/lancome-row-exposes-ugly-side-of-one-country-two-systems\/","url_meta":{"origin":117092,"position":0},"title":"Lancome row exposes ugly side of &#8216;one country, two systems&#8217;","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"June 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Chris Yeung On Thursday, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was a busy man in Paris eagerly keen to convince his host, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, Hong Kong is best positioned under the \u201cone country, two systems\u201d political framework to benefit from a rising China. 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