As the trade delegation from the European Parliament flew back home after a three-day visit to Hong Kong ending on December 7, it left a curious parting shot for the special administrative region’s leaders to ponder.
“We are concerned to hear about media self-censorship and about interpretations of the Basic Law prior to court rulings,” said Jo Leinen, chairman of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China.
The dyed-in-the-wool social democrat could have been referring to a host of unsavoury issues that have arisen in Hong Kong of late. One of the more persistently troubling is the influence of China’s National People’s Congress NPC Standing...
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