Professor Carl Minzner was quoted in The Guardian on new controls on Hong Kong expected to be unveiled by China.
China is expected to unveil new political controls on Hong Kong at this week’s meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament, which is also likely to showcase President Xi Jinping’s further consolidation of power.Beijing plans to ensure only “patriots” – Communist party loyalists – can run Hong Kong, according to a speech by a top Chinese official ahead of the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC).…Raising the retirement age was a necessary but politically risky move which threatened to upset the party’s support base among retired party cadres and officials, said the Fordham University law professor Carl Mizner.“They’ve been kicking this can down the road for a couple of years now,” he told the Guardian. “There are pressing financial pressures they face and they have to address them … But it’s politically difficult in China, just as much as anywhere else.”