MACAU, Dec 20 — Macau today marks 20 years since the former colony was returned to China with a celebration led by President Xi Jinping touting the success of the pliant gambling hub while Hong Kong boils. The day’s festivities will centre around the inauguration of a new leader for a city that...
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks following his arrival at Macau International Airport in Macau December 18, 2019, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the former Portuguese colony’s return to China. — Reuters pic
Ho Iat-seng, a former member of China’s top lawmaking body, won a one-horse race this summer to become Macau’s new chief executive — a position that is chosen by a 400-member committee stacked with Beijing loyalists. Throughout his three-day visit, Xi has lavished praise on Macau’s leaders and its comparative political calm.
Macau long ago passed the kind of mainland style anti-sedition laws that have been bitterly opposed for years in Hong Kong and protests are rare in the city where half the 700,000 strong population come from the mainland.Xi remarked on the passage of the national security laws in his speech yesterday evening and noted that the Chinese national anthem and flags were routinely used with pride in Macau.
Since four centuries of Portuguese rule ended, Macau’s fortunes have risen in lockstep with China’s huge economic growth.
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