27 days ago · Beijing
‘Staunch patriot, close friend’: Beijing official hails Tung Chee-hwa’s legacy
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Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, has been lauded as a pioneer of “one country, two systems”, a staunch patriot and a close friend of the Communist Party who also contributed to Sino-US relations, according to a eulogy delivered by a senior Beijing official. In his remarks at Tung’s…
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‘Staunch patriot, close friend’: Beijing official hails Tung Chee-hwa’s legacy
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