Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour is shrouded in thick fog. (Image credit: Pangdawei / Look China)
[See China April 6, 2022 News](See report by Chinese reporter He Jiahui) April 4,Hong Kong Chief Executive ElectionThe day after the nomination period began, Carrie Lam announced that she would not seek re-election; on April 6,Liaison OfficeThe Chief Executive Committee was convened to hear the decree, and it was reported that the Chief Secretary for Administration was clearly communicatedLi JiachaoHe is Beijing’s “only support candidate”.Hong Kong current affairs commentatorTao JieIt is believed that under the current political situation of struggle, the situation in Hong Kong has become more confused after Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor stepped down.
Tao Jie wrote in an article that Han Zheng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, who was born in Shanghai and named the leader of the Hong Kong and Macau Work Leading Group, declared on March 7 that he has three expectations for the next chief executive: “cooperating with national development, solving housing shortages, and maintaining an international financial center.” But the first two are imaginary and long-term, only “maintaining an international financial center” is real, and it is the most urgent at present.
Tao Jie pointed out that the Russian-Ukrainian war has been protracted, the CCP has expressed its firm support for Russia and angered the United States and the European Union, the United States has warned of sanctions against China at any time, and the mid-term elections are imminent. Hong Kong uses the Hong Kong dollar as the mechanism for converting RMB and foreign currencies, and is linked to the U.S. dollar exchange rate. “The Hong Kong SAR, the center of money laundering and hot money exchange, has certainly entered the strategic line of sight of the new Cold War era in the United States.”
And Shanghai, which is sung as being able to replace and surpass Hong Kong, has closed its districts and cities for half a month, shocking foreign nationals. Even the consulates of European countries led by France have jointly issued a request to the Chinese side that children should not be separated from their parents. “The ‘dynamic clearing’ between Shanghai and Hong Kong has set up a frightening showcase of a new investment environment for Western investors and the international community.”
Under such a situation, Han Zheng, who was born in Shanghai, emphasized “maintaining Hong Kong’s international financial center”, implying that the foundation of Hong Kong’s confidence and values as an international financial center has been damaged, not by the United States and the West, but by his own internal destroy. Han Zheng and Premier Li Keqiang emphasized that Hong Kong should be maintained as an international financial center. What they are anxious about is that Hong Kong, a hot money center, should face the world in order to face the economic crisis of China’s further self-isolation. “However, Li Keqiang and Han Zheng are not real emperors. Hong Kong’s integration into mainland China’s politics is in the complicated and blurred realm,” Tao Jie said.
He believes that if Hong Kong was under British rule, it could instead play a mediating role between the world and Beijing. But today’s senior officials of the SAR government have absolutely no direction or sense of touch. People from all walks of life try to figure out their faces, but what is “urgent” is not what Li Keqiang and Han Zheng are really anxious about. Under this new political structure of imperial struggle, anyone acting as the special capital cannot help Hong Kong get out of the predicament that China and Hong Kong have created over the past three years.
But Tao Jie said that what is certain is that a gun-wielding person who is still on the US sanctions list and came from the public security system as the chief executive cannot have a deep understanding of finance, economics, anti-epidemic and health crisis management, administrative management, and even cultural policies at the same time. Can the leadership of civil and military officials and the allocation of resources maintain confidence and justice? Is there any ability to keep international financial capital in Hong Kong? Even the pro-China media can’t wait to ask questions. “Will the pro-China forces and political officials in the Hong Kong SAR lay down and boycott a chief executive they despise in their hearts? In a new Hong Kong without democratic parties, the latest chaos in the past three months has provided enlightenment.” Tao Jie said.
Editor in charge: Li Jiahong Source: Look at China
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