The Chinese president is slated to announce today policies to diversify the former Portuguese colony’s casino-dependent economy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to preside over a lavish ceremony in Macau today, marking the 20th anniversary of its handover to Chinese rule, and the swearing-in of another Beijing-backed city government.
Some journalists, activists and even the heads of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong were barred from entering the city in the run-up to Xi’s visit. Macau authorities have not commented on the issue. Incoming Macau chief executive Ho Iat-seng will be sworn in for a five-year term along with his team of new secretaries in the morning.
While protesters in Hong Kong, across the mouth of the Pearl River, are furious by what they see as Beijing’s erosion of their freedoms, Macau has seen little dissent.
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