'Two sessions': China expected to unveil new controls on Hong Kong
by Helen Davidson in Taipei and Emma Graham-Harrison from World news | The Guardian on (#5EVV3)
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China is expected to unveil new political controls on Hong Kong at this week's meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament, which is also likely to showcase President Xi Jinping's further consolidation of power.
Beijing plans to ensure only patriots" - Communist party loyalists - can run Hong Kong, according to a speech by a top Chinese official ahead of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC).
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