{"id":92723,"date":"2016-06-10T08:57:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T00:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.symedialab.org.hk\/talk\/?p=92723"},"modified":"2016-07-20T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T05:53:01","slug":"lancome-row-exposes-ugly-side-of-one-country-two-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/lancome-row-exposes-ugly-side-of-one-country-two-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancome row exposes ugly side of &#8216;one country, two systems&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Chris Yeung<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>He trumpeted his notion of Hong Kong being the \u201csuper-connector\u201d between the 1.3 billion-populated nation and the world.<\/p>\n<p>But at home, a drama surrounding a French cosmetic brand Lancome has laid bare the ugly side of the face of \u201cone country, two systems.\u201d On Thursday, Lancome reopened its stores across Hong Kong, one day after protests were held over the company\u2019s cancellation of a concert by Canto-pop star Denise Ho Wan-sze. It came after Ho faced blistering attack by the Global Times, a sister publication of the mainland official People\u2019s Daily, for allegedly supporting Hong Kong independence.<\/p>\n<p>Full article:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"j2Oalye9Lc\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vohk.hk\/2016\/06\/10\/lancome-row-exposes-ugly-side-of-one-country-two-systems\/\">Lancome row exposes ugly side of &#8216;one country, two systems&#8217;<\/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\/2016\/06\/10\/lancome-row-exposes-ugly-side-of-one-country-two-systems\/embed\/#?secret=j2Oalye9Lc\" data-secret=\"j2Oalye9Lc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Lancome row exposes ugly side of &#8216;one country, two systems&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; Voice of Hong Kong\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. He trumpeted his notion of Hong Kong being the \u201csuper-connector\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1631,"featured_media":92724,"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\/06\/cy0610.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaypJ-o7x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90960,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/promises-and-realities-belt-and-road-one-country-two-systems\/","url_meta":{"origin":92723,"position":0},"title":"Promises And Realities: \u2018Belt And Road\u2019, \u2018One Country, Two Systems\u2019","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"May 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"With the grand \u201cBelt and Road\u201d initiative as the wrapping paper, China\u2019s Number Three man Zhang Dejiang has delivered a gift with economic candies and political bitter pills for the people of Hong Kong during his three-day \u201cinspection\u201d ended on Thursday.","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\/05\/cy0520.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":95831,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/95831\/","url_meta":{"origin":92723,"position":1},"title":"Youth Support For HK Independence Fuels Beijing Fears","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"July 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Chris Yeung - In a broad brush, findings of an university poll about the views of Hong Kong people about their post-2047 future including the option of independence are hardly surprising - and no cause for fresh jitters. But a closer look at the findings that show 58.8 per\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\/05\/cy0520.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":90334,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/word-play-in-beijings-hong-kong-game-worrying\/","url_meta":{"origin":92723,"position":2},"title":"Word play in Beijing&#8217;s Hong Kong game worrying","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"May 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The use of the word \u201cinspection (\u8996\u5bdf)\u201d by China\u2019s official Xinhua news agency to describe the upcoming visit of NPC chairman Zhang Dejiang to Hong Kong cannot be taken lightly.","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\/05\/cy0512.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":86524,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/beijing-speaks-loud-against-hk-independence-but-silent-on-article-23\/","url_meta":{"origin":92723,"position":3},"title":"Beijing speaks loud against HK independence, but silent on Article 23","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"April 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 By Chris Y","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\/04\/cy0401.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":84270,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/lee-po-case-causes-more-harm-than-mong-kok-unrest\/","url_meta":{"origin":92723,"position":4},"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":86225,"url":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/words-of-hk-independence-turn-to-action-or-kind-of\/","url_meta":{"origin":92723,"position":5},"title":"Words of HK independence turn to action or kind of","author":"Chris Yeung","date":"March 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By","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\/cy0330.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.symedialab.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}