Hong Kong enjoys considerable autonomy compared with the Mr Zhang is a member of the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s highest political body, and is the leading official responsible for Hong Kong. The territory has imposed its tightest security protocols for Zhang Dejiang’s visit, which began yesterday. More than 6,000 police officers have been deployed to keep the peace. Pro-democracy activists carry pictures of Zhang Dejiang, along with detained Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaob and his wife Liu Xia Kin Cheung/APPaving stones have been glued down by the authorities in Hong Kong to prevent protesters from ripping them up and hurling them at the highest ranking Chinese politician to visit the island since pro-democracy demonstrations two years ago.

Source: The Times May 17, 2016 17:33 UTC