Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek second term
by Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent and agencie from World news | The Guardian on (#5XT8Z)
Chief executive to leave office at end of June after five years marked by upheavals of anti-government protests
Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, who has governed the Chinese region since 2017, has announced she will not seek a second five-year term of office.
Lam's tenure as the chief executive of one of Asia's most significant financial hubs has been marked by the upheavals of anti-government protests and, more recently, Covid-19. Critics have accused her of helping Beijing to curtail Hong Kong's freedoms.
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