China Removes Former Hong Kong Envoy Zhang Xiaoming From Top Advisory Role

“This marks the complete withdrawal of the Jiang faction’s power, and Xi Jinping has begun to fully control Hong Kong,” said veteran media figure Cheng Xiang.

Zhang Xiaoming, Director of China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, attends the funeral of Cheng Yu-tung, founder of Hong Kong property group New World Development, in Hong Kong, China on Oct. 13, 2016. Bobby Yip/Reuters

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On the eve of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s Two Sessions, Zhang Xiaoming, the former director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, was suddenly removed from his position as deputy secretary-general of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).