Jacques deLisle of the Law School and School of Arts & Sciences said there are two theories as to why China has passed new laws reshaping Hong Kong’s electoral rules: because China continues to see Hong Kong and its democracy movement as a threat and because China no longer cares about the optics of interfering. “Xi Jinping and people around him have this attitude of, ‘We’re in control here. And we’re going to assert our authority. We’re doing it in the mainland, and we’re certainly not going to be a lot more lax about doing it in Hong Kong,’” said deLisle.

March 11, 2021 ・ From Vox.com