China’s Xi Calls for ‘Closer Emotional Bond’ With Hong Kong
Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to Hong Kong on July 1, 2017.
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President Xi Jinping said people in Hong Kong and on the mainland should develop “a closer emotional bond,” comments that come before the Chinese leader’s potential visit to the city.
Xi made the call in a letter Sunday to the Beijing-friendly newspaper Ta Kung Pao on its 120th anniversary, saying it had “unequivocally sent out positive notes and helped forge social consensus, thus contributing to maintaining Hong Kong’s stability.”