Hong Kong’s leader-in-waiting, John Lee, has been endorsed for the city’s top job by a committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists as the financial hub continues its alignment with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership after several years of protests against Beijing’s political upheaval of the former British colony.
Lee, the sole candidate, received the votes of 1,416 members of a pro-Beijing election committee on the morning of May 8, granting him the majority required to become Hong Kong’s next leader. Eight members of the committee voted to “not support” him.
Speaking afterward, Lee said it was his “historic mission” to lead a new chapter for Hong Kong while pledging to unite the city and preserve Hong Kong’s international status as an open and more competitive financial hub bridging China and the world.
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