Opinion | On Second Thought: Chinese leadership needs to go the extra mile after Zhang Dejiang’s Hong Kong visit
Beijing needs to communicate with politicians from different backgrounds and different political persuasions
The big deal of the week was state leader Zhang Dejiang’s visit here.
This high-ranking Politburo Standing Committee official, responsible for policies over Hong Kong, declared on arrival that he had come “to see, to listen and to speak”.
The simplicity of this statement went down well and set the right tone for his visit.
Speak Zhang did.
In his keynote address at the “One Belt, One Road” summit, he outlined the vital role this city could play in supporting the Chinese initiative to connect with the rest of Asia, the Middle East and Europe via new trading , financial and economic links by air, land and sea.
He enumerated the many opportunities now open to us, and , above all, he told us how great we were with unique strengths, seldom seen elsewhere.
