Beijing loyalist Ho Iat Seng is inaugurated as China's chief executive in the tiny gambling enclave of Macao, which unlike neighboring Hong Kong has remained free of pro-democracy protests.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and new Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng arrive for the inauguration ceremony in Macao, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, marking the 20th anniversary of the former Portuguese colony's handover to Chinese rule. Beijing loyalist Ho was inaugurated Friday as China's chief executive in the tiny gambling enclave of Macao, which unlike neighboring Hong Kong has remained free of pro-democracy protests.
Both men delivered speeches stressing the importance of the “one country, two systems” framework under which the former Portuguese colony has been ruled since its handover to China in 1999. Xi’s speech focused overwhelmingly on the need for strict adherence to “one country, two systems,” which has come under sharp criticism in Hong Kong, where the opposition says China is chipping at civil liberties it promised the two territories would retain under Chinese rule.
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