Construction workers remove the scaffolding on a building in Sham Shui Po as the Hong Kong and Chinese flags flutter in the foreground, in June 2019. Photo: Felix Wong
Opinion
Opinion
Controversy over role of Beijing’s offices in Hong Kong shows weight of ‘one country’ threatens the scaffolding of ‘two systems’
- If the Basic Law’s restraint on mainland departments interfering in local affairs does not apply to offices of the central government in Hong Kong, what is the point of the mini-constitution?
- Meanwhile, Hongkongers have been denied the capacity to form a government that would be capable of defending the city’s autonomy
Construction workers remove the scaffolding on a building in Sham Shui Po as the Hong Kong and Chinese flags flutter in the foreground, in June 2019. Photo: Felix Wong