Booklets containing speech Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered in Hong Kong go on sale at bookstores
- Publishing group controlled by Beijing’s liaison office is offering booklets in traditional Chinese and English versions
- Along with seminar devoted to reviewing Xi’s address, booklets mark strong push of mainland-style study of leader’s thoughts
The booklets, which Sino United Publishing (SUP) began selling on Friday, together with a recent webinar devoted to examining the spirit of Xi’s 2,850-word address held by the social welfare sector, mark the adoption in Hong Kong of a practice common on mainland China of treating the president’s remarks as deserving intense study.
The booklets, in traditional Chinese and English versions, featuring Xi’s full speech made at the inauguration ceremony of the new administration of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, were available for HK$18 (US$2.30) each at large bookstores across the city.
“The publishing of the president’s important speech will assist Hong Kong, Macau and overseas readers in learning the spirit of his speech to build a deeper understanding of the implementation and prospects of the ‘one country, two systems’,” state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday.
A spokeswoman for SUP, controlled by Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong via Bauhinia Culture Holdings, told the Post it was the first time a speech by Xi had been published in traditional Chinese, commonly used in Hong Kong and Macau.