Hong Kong, 90-year-old Cardinal Zen arrested: this is how China uses an iron fist with the new governor. The Vatican: worry

BEIJING – “Collusion with foreign forces”. With this accusation the cardinal ended up in handcuffs Joseph Zen, emeritus bishop of Hong Kong. For years the leader of the non-violent battles for democracy in the former British colony, 90-year-old Zen, a militant anti-Communist, who retired in 2009, still remains a reference figure for many in the city today.