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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?

Ed. Condon
Apr 17, 2023
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Bishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong is on the Chinese mainland this week for a five-day visit to the Archdiocese of Beijing. 

Bishop Steven Chow of Hong Kong. Credit: Diocese of Hong Kong via YouTube.

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…

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