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Residents will also pay more for each jump in incremental charges for first-tier and second-tier distance travelled. ( read original story ...)

BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday that an expression of concern by the Group of Seven industrialised nations over the selection process for Hong Kong's new chief executive was ... ( read original story ...)

The G7 countries and the rest of the Western world should see this as an opportunity to nurture better ties with China and Chinese business. ( read original story ...)

The selection process for a new chief executive in Hong Kong is a source of grave concern and underscores wider worries about fundamental freedoms there, a Group of Seven statement said on Monday, ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's incoming chief executive John Lee is largely "untested and unknown" outside of security issues, said David Dodwell of consultancy Strategic Access. ( read original story ...)

John Lee Ka-chiu embarked on a whirlwind first day as Hong Kong’s chief executive-elect on Monday, making seven visits to top local and mainland Chinese officials to discuss government restructuring, ... ( read original story ...)

John Lee Ka-chiu’s election as Hong Kong’s new chief executive signals a decisive turn in the territory’s lurch toward Beijing-style authoritarian rule. Lee, the territory’s former secretary of ... ( read original story ...)

G7 foreign ministers called the process by which Hong Kong selected its next Chief Executive an assault on the fundamental freedoms of the former British colony ... ( read original story ...)

Kin Cheung/APHong Kong’s current chief executive Carrie Lam, left, and her successor John Lee at a press conference. Mr Lee is a security hardliner who cracked ... ( read original story ...)

Former members of Hong Kong's once-free press corps are launching their own media outlets aimed at covering the city from overseas, from a pro-democracy point of view. While a draconian national ... ( read original story ...)

Members of the G-7 issued a release on Monday detailing their “grave concern” with Hong Kong’s new chief executive, a pro-Beijing loyalist who won an election on Sunday to become the new leader of the ... ( read original story ...)

There was little doubt about John Lee’s election as Hong Kong’s next leader. The city’s former security chief received more than 99% of the vote from a committee stacked with mostly pro-Beijing ... ( read original story ...)

Michael Tien, a Hong Kong lawmaker, says incoming chief executive John Lee's predecessor Carrie Lam "basically shut herself off" in the last three years. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Chinese patriots are now firmly in charge of the city following the election of its new leader, who ran unopposed in a process controlled by Beijing from start to fini ... ( read original story ...)