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Beijing Anoints Yet Another Hong Kong Chief Executive
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Beijing Anoints Yet Another Hong Kong Chief Executive

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Philip Bowring
Jan 17, 2017
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The contest for next Chief Executive for Hong Kong may be almost over before it has begun. Four candidates are at present in the frame but Beijing has now made it abundantly clear whom it favors – outgoing Chief Secretary for Administration, Carrie Lam. The others thus may simply be decoration.

The efforts that Lam has made to show complete loyalty to ou…

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