https://www.scmp.com/rss/324675/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The purpose of “one country, two systems”, as clarified in the preamble to the Basic Law, is “upholding national unity and territorial integrity, maintaining the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong”. Any threat to this would compel Beijing to act, especially if both aims have recently been jeopardised by riots which the central government is convinced were supported by foreign agencies. The National People’s Congress decision to enact national security legislation for Hong Kong will safeguard... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3087107/why-national-security-law-does-not-threaten-hong-kongs-autonomy-or?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3087107/why-national-security-law-does-not-threaten-hong-kongs-autonomy-or?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Jun 2020 01:00:25 +0000 In the West, a political party’s national congress is merely an electoral event with noisy slogans. China’s party congress, by contrast, has some electoral elements, including the selection of the ruling party’s Central Committee, but its main job is to discuss and decide on the basic policies that will be adopted for the nation’s governance. Like it or not, the Communist Party is the real leader of China. This kind of political arrangement may not be popular in the West, and the Western media... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2115076/what-story-will-chinas-19th-party-congress-tell?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2115076/what-story-will-chinas-19th-party-congress-tell?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:41:29 +0000 Media reported that in a telephone conversation on July 3, President Xi Jinping (習近平) urged President Donald Trump to honour the “one China” policy and stop selling arms to Taiwan. This issue has haunted Sino-US relations since diplomatic ties were established in 1979, and must be addressed. In a 1982 US-China Joint Communiqué, the US pledged that it “does not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan”; that such sales will not exceed the level of those supplied since the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2103560/taiwan-arms-sale-raises-question-over-us-intentions-keeping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2103560/taiwan-arms-sale-raises-question-over-us-intentions-keeping?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Jul 2017 02:30:15 +0000 Even as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region gets ready to celebrate the 20th year of its establishment, many questions are still being asked about the role of the central authorities in Hong Kong and their relationship with the territory. Some answers are in order. Basic Law ‘re-education’ urged by Beijing’s former top man in Hong Kong First, in accordance with the both the Chinese constitution and the Basic Law, the central authorities with responsibility for Hong Kong may refer to: the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2099977/beijings-rightful-role-hong-kong-affairs-should-not-be-seen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2099977/beijings-rightful-role-hong-kong-affairs-should-not-be-seen?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:46:10 +0000