Beijing-favoured Candidate Becomes New Hong Kong Leader

Beijing-favoured candidate Carrie Lam is elected as Hong Kong chief executive by a panel of nearly twelve hundred specially-selected, mainly pro-China electors.

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(Image: Carrie Lam (left) watches as votes are tallied during the Hong Kong chief executive election on 26th March 2017. Credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images)