HONG KONG • Hong Kong has overcome its challenges and “risen from the ashes”, China’s President Xi Jinping said yesterday, as he arrived in the former British colony to celebrate 25 years since its return to Chinese rule.
Mr Xi will swear in the global financial hub’s new leader, Mr John Lee, today during his first visit to the city since 2017, which is also his first known trip outside the mainland in more than two years, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wearing masks, Mr Xi and his wife, Ms Peng Liyuan, stepped off a high-speed train to be greeted by children waving flowers and Chinese and Hong Kong flags.
“Hong Kong has withstood severe tests again and again, overcoming challenges one by one,” Mr Xi said during a brief speech. “After the wind and rain, Hong Kong has risen from the ashes.”
Security was tight at the train station, with police making stop-andsearch checks, assisted by sniffer dogs.
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