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The ongoing two sessions in Beijing is attracting the eyes of the world as China, the most important contributor to global economic growth, is charting a development course for the next five years, most significantly, encouraging further technology innovation and sprucing up self-reliance in critical technologies, so that the country is able to continue on its path to becoming an advanced economy.
The two sessions will fix the “loopholes and deficiencies” that have bedeviled Hong Kong’s electoral system, which if not timely rectified, may sink the major financial center and tourism hub in Asia to political logjam, street fights, and endless chaos.
As some forces outside the borders always hope to derail…