But when challenges to China’s sovereignty come up — like protests in
Hong Kong — he roars to life.
“He
read flatly from the script,” one Western official said of such a
meeting. “But when it got to China’s core interests, these disputes, he
put down his notes and spoke passionately.”
For
anyone puzzling over why China reacted so swiftly and severely to block
two pro-independence politicians from taking their seats in Hong Kong’s
legislature, Mr. Xi’s expansive idea of sovereignty is a good place to
start.
“He
lets you know that this is what really matters,” said the Western
official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a
closed-door meeting with Mr. Xi.
China’s Communist Party-run National People’s Congress
stepped in on Monday and effectively
barred the two from taking office, saying they had slurred Beijing in their oath of office.
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