The apparent crackdown in Macau on activities connected to the high-stakes gambling business has ominous implications for Hong Kong. Events over the past two months have shown that President Xi Jinping’s war on official corruption has led Beijing to intervene very directly in the affairs of the Macau Special Administrative Region, which in theory has the same degree of internal autonomy as Hong Kong.
China's Stranglehold Tightens on Macau
China's Stranglehold Tightens on Macau
China's Stranglehold Tightens on Macau
The apparent crackdown in Macau on activities connected to the high-stakes gambling business has ominous implications for Hong Kong. Events over the past two months have shown that President Xi Jinping’s war on official corruption has led Beijing to intervene very directly in the affairs of the Macau Special Administrative Region, which in theory has the same degree of internal autonomy as Hong Kong.