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\u00a0The New York Times’ Michael Forsythe and Austin Ramzy report that relations with Taiwan and Hong Kong are set to be difficult for mainland China to manage<\/a><\/strong>, pointing to increased tension throughout Communist Party official Zhang Dejiang’s inspection tour in Hong Kong<\/a> this week and ahead of President-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s inauguration in Taiwan on Friday.<\/div>\n
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It is a humbling week for China. The world\u2019s second-biggest economy after the United States, it is richer and stronger than ever, and its financial clout is being felt the world over. But Beijing is finding it exceedingly difficult to win hearts and minds in its own backyard, among the more than 30 million Chinese-speaking people of Taiwan and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

China is searching for a new approach toward both Hong Kong and Taiwan, but it has yet to find one that is different from the policies it has used before \u2014 hard-line political tactics that provoke resentment, and pragmatic appeals to economic interests that fall short in societies where the benefits of trade with the mainland are unevenly distributed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are more centrifugal forces, and it\u2019s hard for Beijing to deal with these forces,\u201d said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a professor of government and international studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. \u201cI think it is a clash between two political cultures: authoritarian in China and liberal in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Hong Kong is very much on the bridge, resisting the authoritarian political culture in China.\u201d [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

China\u00a0has taken several measures in recent months to pressure Taiwan<\/a> and Tsai Ing-wen’s independence-leaning government to acknowledge the “One-China” policy. In April, Chinese authorities successfully convinced Kenya and Malaysia to deport Taiwanese fraud suspects to mainland China, where they were prosecuted and forced to confess on state TV<\/a>. Earlier this month, Chinese authorities\u00a0issued a warning to Tsai that Taiwan’s incoming government will be blamed for any ensuing cross-Strait conflict<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More recently,\u00a0China has conducted several military exercises along its southeastern coast facing Taiwan<\/a><\/strong>. Chinese officials have denied speculation that the drills were coordinated to correspond with\u00a0Tsai’s inauguration, citing that they were only “routine arrangements” meant to test the troop’s military preparedness. From Michael Martina at Reuters:<\/p>\n

Chinese state media have reported that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has carried out at least three landing exercises on the country’s southeast coast since the beginning of May.<\/p>\n

The largest drill was conducted in recent days by a regiment under the PLA’s 31st Group Army, which is based in coastal Fujian province, across the strait from Taiwan, the official China Daily newspaper said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

China’s Defense Ministry said the drills were intended to increase responsiveness to “security threats”.<\/p>\n

“These drills are routine arrangements conducted according to annual training plans,” the ministry said in a short statement on its website.<\/p>\n

“They do not target any specific objective. Relevant individuals should not over-interpret [them],” the ministry said. [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

In Hong Kong, visiting official Zhang Dejiang has issued a warning to local radical groups not to seek independence<\/a><\/strong>. From Reuters:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a very small number of people rejecting \u2018one country\u2019 and resisting the central government. They\u2019re even flying the banner of Hong Kong independence,\u201d Zhang said. \u201cThis is not a matter of localism, but it\u2019s separatism under the name of localism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhang also warned people not to break the law but did not refer to any specific offences. \u201cNo one can override the law, and no offenders can evade legal jurisdiction with any excuse,\u201d he said. \u201cSociety should severely condemn those actions which challenge the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the \u201cone country, two systems\u201d framework, under which Beijing allows Hong Kong a high degree of control over its own affairs as well as civil liberties unseen on the mainland, is in the city\u2019s best interests. [Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Concerns about Beijing’s increasing interference in Hong Kong erupted two years ago when protesters demonstrated in large numbers<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0oppose a proposed electoral reform that would require all candidates for chief executive to be vetted<\/a> by a pro-Beijing panel. Last year, Chinese authorities took five Hong Kong booksellers and publishers into custody for an investigation<\/a> into alleged “illegal activities.” The men’s disappearance prompted fears that Beijing has undermined the \u201cone country, two systems\u201d formula governing relations between Hong Kong and mainland China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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