President Xi Jinping will attend next week's celebration of the 25th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong, the government said on Saturday, but it is unclear if he will visit. there were. Former British colony for a very symbolic event after the crackdown on the democratic movement.
Mr. Nishi, who is also the general secretary of the ruling Communist Party, said, according to Xinhua News Agency, according to Xinhua News Agency, according to Xinhua News Agency, according to Xinhua News Agency, according to Xinhua News Agency, according to Xinhua News Agency. According to the Xinhua News Agency, Mr. Nishi, who is also the secretary general of the ruling Communist Party, will attend the commemorative ceremony and inauguration ceremony of the Hong Kong government led by the Xinhua News Agency, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The announcement did not give any other details.
Anniversary is one of the hottest political events of the year, widely believed to break tradition and confer a third five-year term as leader. .. He has already been the most powerful Chinese leader since at least the 1980s, hoping to be seen as leading "national rejuvenation" in military buildup and more aggressive policies abroad. is.
Xi hasn't traveled outside mainland China since the coronavirus pandemic began two and a half years ago. Hong Kong is facing an increase in new infections after a flood of incidents that could overwhelm hospitals earlier this year.
Lee and his predecessor, Carrie Lam, thanked Xi for attending the wedding anniversary celebration, but whether he will visit Hong Kong or not. I didn't reveal it.
Anniversary follows a partial-led crackdown by former Hong Kong security director Lee. Activists were sentenced to imprisonment, dozens of others were arrested, and Hong Kong's most prominent democratic newspaper was closed.
Tighter regulations under the National Security Act of 2020 have led some people to leave for Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and other countries. That has led to concerns that the ruling party is ruining Hong Kong's position as a global business and financial center.
Hong Kong, one of the richest cities in Asia and a global business center with thriving film, publishing and other creative industries, has agreed to "high autonomy" in 1997. I returned to China on July 1, 2014. 50 years.
Activists and foreign governments say Beijing rejected it. The United States has suspended an agreement to treat Hong Kong as an independent territory of trade, stating that Hong Kong no longer has sufficient autonomy from Beijing.
Two years after Hong Kong, the neighboring Portuguese territory of Macau also returned to China in 1999, and it could be said that the ruling party ended foreign colonialism.
Since the return of Hong Kong, the general public in the territory has suffered from rising living costs that fuel political tensions.
Beijing imposes a drastic national security law in 2020 following protests that broke out over the proposed extradition law and spread to include more democratic demands. did. The territory banned the ruling party's 1989 violent crackdown on the democratization movement at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
It was Jimmy Lai, the former publisher of the former democratic newspaper Apple Daily, who was sentenced to imprisonment. Joseph Zen, a 90-year-old former Roman Catholic bishop in Hong Kong, was among those arrested.
The crackdown has heightened tensions between Beijing and the United States, Europe, Japan and other Asian governments over human rights and Taiwan, and is at odds with neighboring countries over China's sovereignty claims in the South China Sea and East China Sea. ..
Hong Kong's last British colonial governor, Chris Patten, expressed grief over the crackdown this month.
"I thought (China) was likely to keep the word, but I'm sorry I didn't," Patten told The Associated Press on June 20 in London. "I find it very difficult. I think Hong Kong is a wonderful city. I hope it will be a wonderful city again."