HONG KONG -- Senior Chinese Communist Party officials signaled on Tuesday that a further clamp down on opposition is likely in Hong Kong following a year of social unrest, stressing that the city must be governed by patriots.
"Hong Kong cherishes core values such as democracy, freedom and human rights... but before we talk about the core values of Hong Kong, we have to talk about patriotism," said Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, at a high-level legal forum to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Basic Law, Hong Kong's constitution.
