Word: chee
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...they amended Article 23 by adding that the territory should legislate to prohibit "any act of subversion against the Central People's Government." Beijing's attitude toward Hong Kong then could be summarized in one word: control. Now, because of the constraints of the Basic Law, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and his officials?whom we should assume are essentially good people?have little choice but to ram through laws and policies that undermine the freedoms underpinning Hong Kong, so long as Beijing desires...
...Tung Chee-hwa means to behave in this way, but, as an outsider to politics and to the communist system, he's simply not very clever at it. For Beijing, he is as frustrating as one of those airport trolleys with a bad wheel that won't push straight. Yet Beijing's rulers cannot afford to sack Tung or even to accept his resignation: that would be an acknowledgment that they picked the wrong guy for the job, and it would also undermine the fiction that China does not meddle in Hong Kong's affairs. A reliable source tells...
...Kong despite its Public Enemy No. 1 status on the mainland?struck eerie, twisted meditation poses and hoisted notices accusing Beijing of "genocide" against their fellow members. As a whole, the rally gave off a confusion of messages. Some placards condemned the National Security Bill that Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa was forced to modify, and then shelve temporarily, after the huge protest the week before. Others quoted Abraham Lincoln?"Government of the people" and so on?to demand major democratic reforms for Hong Kong. A popular T shirt had a more pointed, but still polite, directive...
...souls willing to sacrifice their dinners or mah-jongg dates. "Beijing scares me," admitted Lance Tai, 26, who works in a financial firm, "but we have to demonstrate our determination and let them know that 'one country, two systems' is not working. And neither is Tung Chee-hwa." In other words, Hong Kong has a standoff. Something's got to give...
Hong Kong's leader, Tung Chee-hwa, 66, is under intense pressure to quit. Here are the options facing him?and who may replace...