President's stand unshakable on SAR's prosperity

On his first trip outside Beijing in late 2012, after becoming general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Xi Jinping laid flowers before a statue of Deng Xiaoping, China's former leader, on a hillside in Shenzhen, which neighbors Hong Kong.

Coming down the hill, a Hong Kong journalist asked Xi if he had anything to say to his Hong Kong compatriots.

Xi's answer was short but powerful: "Hong Kong will prosper."