Chinese President Xi Jinping’s major speech in Hong Kong was directed not just at the city’s residents but also the international community, especially given it was his first trip outside mainland China since 2020, analysts said. He was telling the wider world that contrary to the dire predictions by critics, Hong Kong’s unique status, including its common law system, would be maintained under the “one country, two systems” formula, they said. They argued too that the president’s two-day visit to Hong Kong, which came a few months ahead of the Communist Party’s 20th congress this autumn, when Xi is expected...