Xi Jinping was talking to Hong Kong but also had a message for the world: the city will continue to enjoy its unique status, remain free and open, analysts say | South China Morning Post – ChinaPulse.com – China News, Data, Media Intelligence and Insights

Chinese President Xi Jinping's major speech in Hong Kong was directed not just at the city's residents but also the international community, especially given it was his first trip outside mainland China since 2020, analysts said. He was telling the wider world that contrary to the dire predictions by critics, Hong Kong's unique status, including its common law system, would be maintained under the "one country, two systems" formula, they said. They argued too that the president's two-day visit to Hong Kong, which came a few months ahead of the Communist Party's 20th congress this autumn, when Xi is expected…