A scolding or call to arms? Unpacking Chinese President Xi Jinping’s message to Carrie Lam on Hong Kong’s floundering coronavirus struggle

If the Hong Kong government assumed help from mainland China to fight the raging coronavirus pandemic would be unconditional, being sternly instructed by President Xi Jinping to shoulder the “main responsibility” was a rude awakening, insiders and analysts said on Wednesday.If it could not see the unprecedented nature of such a public “scolding”, then its days were numbered, they warned, noting how Xi had never been as blunt before in his messages to the local government.Pundits and pro…

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