The hardline head of Hong Kong’s national security agency has been appointed China’s top representative in the city, state media said on Saturday, as Beijing tightens its grip since 2019 democracy protests.
HONG KONG, China —
Zheng led Hong Kong’s national security agency since its inception in 2020, when Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the finance hub after the huge and often violent protests. The mini-constitution drawn up for the city’s handover from Britain to China in 1997 forbids mainland officials from interfering in the running of Hong Kong’s day-to-day affairs.
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