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Pro-Beijing candidate John Lee elected as Hong Kong’s new leaderLee was the only candidate and won with over 99% of the vote in which nearly all 1,500 committee members were carefully vetted by the central government in Beijing.WorldMay 7, 2022
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Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam will not seek second term as chief executiveHong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday she will not run for a second term as chief executive of the global financial hub in a leadership election due to take place on May 8.WorldApr 3, 2022
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Carrie Lam vows to work with Chinese envoy, bring Hong Kong back on the ‘right path’"I would work closely with director Luo in the coming future, committing to 'one country, two systems', and the Basic Law, for Hong Kong to ... return to the right path," Lam said in her first news conference of the year.WorldJan 7, 2020
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Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates win by landslides amid political crisisSome winning candidates said the result was akin to a vote of support for the protest movement, and could raise the pressure on Hong Kong's pro-Beijing chief executive, Carrie Lam, amid the city's worst political crisis in decades.NewsNov 24, 2019
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Hong Kong set to formally withdraw extradition bill from city’s legislatureThe protests, which were sparked by the bill erupted in early June and snowballed into the city's biggest political crisis in decades, expanding to demands for universal suffrage and an investigation into police tactics.WorldOct 23, 2019
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Chaos in Hong Kong legislature as protesters force leader to end speechCarrie Lam was forced to abandon an annual policy address in the chamber, later delivering it by television.WorldOct 17, 2019
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‘Semi-paralyzed’: Hong Kong protesters rally against mask ban amid subway shutdownMarchers still came out to defy the new ban on face coverings that the government of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory says have made the identification of violent protesters difficult for police.WorldOct 5, 2019
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Carrie Lam to begin speaking with Hong Kong community to ease tensions, violenceLam, who is under pressure from Beijing to defuse the public anger stirring the protests, said the dialogue sessions would be as open as possible, with members of the public able to sign up to attend.WorldSep 16, 2019
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Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam formally withdraws extradition bill that sparked mass protestsThe bill would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China for trials.PoliticsSep 4, 2019
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