In their annual report on economic and political developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), published on Wednesday 26 April, the European Commission and European External Action Service (EEAS) welcomed the fact that the guiding principle of the rule of law in Hong Kong had been maintained despite a “politically difficult” year in 2016 for the SAR. It has seen the emergence of political groups advocating self-determination or independence but its "one country, two...