China frets as choice for Hong Kong leader strays off script

February 22, 2012 | BUSINESS

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A political storm that has rocked the candidacy of the frontrunner to become Hong Kong's next leader poses a delicate challenge for Beijing, and in particular for the man expected to take over as China's president in 2013. Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997, has been abuzz this past week over an illegal construction scandal engulfing …
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