Commentary
Former Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam failed to make the list of the top the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) political advisory body, which means that she will not follow in the footsteps of former chief executives Tung Chee-hwa and Leung Chun-ying to serve as the vice chairperson of the committee and join the list of “national leaders” under the CCP.
Some experts on China affairs analyzed that Carrie Lam is no longer of value to the CCP’s overall “united front” tactic, and her values are incompatible with the CCP’s political culture. Some commentators believe that it might have something to do with her quote in public that “love of the country does not necessarily mean love of the party,” a saying that is seen as incompatible with CCP ideology….