Chow’s China visit: ‘Our man on the mainland,’ or just a man in the middle?
Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong is in Beijing for a five day visit. But what can he achieve, and who, if anyone, has his back?
Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong is on the Chinese mainland this week for a five-day visit to the Archdiocese of Beijing.
The visit, during which he will spend time with Bishop Joseph Li Shan, head of the archdiocese and the leader of the state-sponsored Chinese Patriotic Catholic…

