China marks Hong Kong return anniversary
China’s President Jiang Zemin today marked Hong Kong’s first five years under Beijing’s rule by saying its capitalist ways are intact but that citizens should give more support to the mainland.
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa was sworn in to a second term today, and minutes later Jiang urged the former British colony to ‘‘make conscious efforts to safeguard the security and unification of the motherland and endeavour to defend its overall interests’’.
