Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Activists Remain Defiant Ahead of Election Under China's Influence

On Sunday, Hong Kong will elect its new chief executive in the first election since the 2014 pro-democracy protests. Yet there’s little mystery as to who will succeed CY Leung, the man who has held the role since 2012. Fifty-nine-year-old Carrie Lam is …
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