Liu Bainian, vice chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, on Monsignor Zen's elevation to the cardinalate, March 9th:
An act of hostility to China.
Li Zhaoxing, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, March 7th:
Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong, and its people are our compatriots. China is happy to see the achievements made by these compatriots.
Liu Bainian, vice chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, on Monsignor Zen's elevation to the cardinalate, February 23rd:
If the new cardinal would like to visit mainland China and help rebuild Sino-Vatican relations, he would be welcomed.
Cardinal-designate Zen's letter in response can be found here in full.
My prediction: Liu Bainian, for his sudden change of opinion, will soon go on vacation to some nice spot where he will be incommunicado for several years.
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