by Poornima Weerasekara China’s tightly choreographed 70th birthday bash next week risks being upstaged by pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, which offer a starkly different take on the strength and power of the Communist Party being feted in Beijing. As President Xi Jinping gets ready to preside over a huge military parade and gala event … Continue reading Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam to head to Beijing as crisis threatens to spoil China’s 70th party