China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam with an 'interim' c...
FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam holds a news conference after her policy address for 2019, in Hong Kong, China, October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Lam has become a lightning rod for protests over fears that Beijing is tightening its grip, limiting the freedoms enjoyed under the “one country, two systems” principle enshrined when colonial ruler Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997. If Chinese President Xi Jinping decides to go ahead, Lam's successor would be appointed by March and cover the remainder of her term, which ends in 2022, the newspaperLam’s top successors include former head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority Norman Chan, and Henry Tang, who has also served as the territory’s financial secretary and chief secretary for administration, the report said.
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Hong Kong since mid-June in violent protests against now-suspended draft legislation that could have seen people sent to mainland China for trial in Communist Party controlled courts.
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