BEIJING: President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong this week to celebrate 20 years since the former British colony’s return to China, state media confirmed Sunday, a trip that will stoke resentment among pro-democracy activists.

It will be Xi’s first visit to Hong Kong since the head of the Communist Party became president in 2013.

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