City Beat | As China reforms under Xi Jinping, Hong Kong should look across the border for future plans
Carrie Lam’s Beijing trip comes at a time where major adjustments in the central government are on the horizon, and likely to impact her city
Nothing on the agenda concerns Hong Kong, but it is by no means irrelevant to the city’s future, especially this time as it will shed light on China’s future reform direction by finalising the tone of the coming congress. Major policies to be decided, especially economic strategy, will profoundly impact our city.
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Of course, political controversies should not be trivialised, and these two issues in particular concern cross-border ties and trust building. But our politicians should not miss the bigger picture either, and that is the importance of the Beidaihe retreat and where China’s reform is heading under Xi.