Zhang Dejiang – the man who blocked a thousand roads with the most ridiculously elaborate security arrangements anyone can remember – flies out of Hong Kong. But not before resorting to the ultimate in tired Beijing-to-HK clichés…
‘Focus on the economy’ is a lame euphemism for ‘stop thinking about how bad governance is’. It has never convinced the population to disregard lousy policymaking, and start intensely pondering GDP growth, returns on capital and marginal propensity to consume. But they keep saying it, presumably to assure themselves that Hong Kong’s incompetent leadership is no big deal really…
I declare the weekend open in a state of great excitement, as this will be an extensive, more-like 10-day break involving an Inspection Tour of exotic foreign parts. A few book reviews will appear here over the coming week.
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