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1. Embarrassing relics

   Posted Nov 07th 2007, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... and 167 alternate members, over 92 per cent of whom have at least one university degree. As for Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, the two men being groomed to succeed President Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/614566/embarrassing-relics
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Liaison Office chief must investigate relationship with former ICAC boss

   Posted May 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... he retired as commissioner. Who made that decision and why? Were any gifts exchanged? Since President Xi Jinping is emphasising clean government, the liaison office needs to do its part ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1242896/liaison-office-chief-must-investigate-relationship-former
3. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Time for Beijing to stop its media propaganda

   Posted Mar 27th 2013, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... Frank Ching says Beijing should realise that its propaganda in the media only muddies the water and hurts co-operation with others The election of Xi Jinping as president provided an occasion for the People's Daily to request an interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security adviser of US president Jimmy Carter. The "transcript" of the interview ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1200367/time-beijing-stop-its-media-propaganda
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   A garbled foreign policy does China no good

   Posted Feb 13th 2013, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... Frank Ching says China's haphazard conduct of its foreign policy doesn't befit a major nation, and decisions must come from the top In mid-November, after being anointed as leader of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping met members of the international media and impressed them with his self-confidence and sense of humour. Throughout his address, he said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1148762/garbled-foreign-policy-does-china-no-good
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Beijing's eagerness to take charge undermines HK autonomy

   Posted Oct 10th 2012, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice-President Xi Jinping had issued "important instructions" ordering the Hong Kong government to spare no effort in "searching for missing persons, treating ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1057139/beijings-eagerness-take-charge-undermines-hk-autonomy
6. Remember: it's one country, two systems

   Posted Jul 22nd 2008, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... Frank Ching While much of the commentary about Vice-President Xi Jinping's visit has focused on how he admonished Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, telling him to govern 'sensibly and reasonably', one must hope that another reason for the Beijing official's visit was to learn. Mr Xi is now the senior official in Beijing responsible for Hong Kong affairs, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/646130/remember-its-one-country-two-systems
7. Timely reminder of judicial independence

   Posted Jan 20th 2009, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... not attribute to Vice-President Xi any intention to interfere with the independence of our judiciary,' it said. But it added: 'The judiciary in Hong Kong has always been, and under the Basic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/667530/timely-reminder-judicial-independence
8. Succession plan to guard our judicial independence?

   Posted Apr 12th 2010, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... Hong Kong will be. The expectation is that Xi Jinping, currently vice-president, will succeed Hu as party leader and head of state. But, when he visited Hong Kong in 2008, Xi called ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/711160/succession-plan-guard-our-judicial-independence
9. 'Referendum' farce risks turning into a tragedy

   Posted Mar 15th 2010, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... that the matter may be taken up at the highest levels in Beijing. Vice-President Xi Jinping, who holds special responsibility for Hong Kong matters, touched on the issue obliquely by telling Hong Kong deputies at the NPC session that they should help people in Beijing to better understand the Basic Law. But Xi is missing the point: this is not a legal issue, but treating it like one is to fall ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/708607/referendum-farce-risks-turning-tragedy
10. The only choice?

    Posted Oct 24th 2007, 12:00am by Frank Ching

    ... leader. They are Xi Jinping, 54, the party secretary of Shanghai, and Li Keqiang , 52, the party secretary of Liaoning province . Indications are that Mr Xi has a slight edge over Mr Li. In the official lineup, Mr Xi's name is listed ahead of Mr Li's. In the voting for Central Committee membership, Mr Xi won 2,227 votes to Mr Li's 2,226. Mr Hu, in a meet-the-press session ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/612731/only-choice

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