China replaces head of Hong Kong liaison office amid ongoing protests

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The Liaison Office, which reports to China’s State Council, serves as the platform for Beijing to project its influence in the city

, and has come in for criticism in Hong Kong and mainland China for misjudging the situation in the city.Ma Ngok, a political scientist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said it had been only a matter of time before Beijing made Hong Kong-related personnel changes, and that the switch did not necessarily indicate a change in policy.“Given his age it is possible he is only a stop-gap appointment,” Ma said of Luo.

“All the province’s people have deeply felt that the all-out efforts to enforce party discipline have been like spring rain washing away the smog,” Luo wrote.“Shanxi has gone from being a victim of a regression in its political environment to being a beneficiary of all-out efforts to enforce party discipline,” he wrote in 2017.

 

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It is not a positive news to Hong Kong. Sounds like delegating dirty jobs to the soon-retiring Luo. Doesnt seem that Beijing want to solve its (w/ Carrie Lam) aftermath constructively. We hope to garner more global support w/ magnitskyact coming on line ASAP.

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