A former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement is set to be anointed the business hub's new leader by a small committee of Beijing loyalists
As a former cop who rose to become Hong Kong's security chief, John Lee is the one person China's leaders trust to run the city, analysts and insiders say
"He is a man who has stood the test," lawmaker and prominent business figure Michael Tien told AFP
#AFPGRAPHIC: How the Hong Kong legislature was purged of pan-democrats
#BREAKING Ex-security chief John Lee selected Hong Kong's next leader: committee
#UPDATE John Lee was declared Hong Kong's new leader by a small committee of Beijing loyalists on Sunday
He won 1,416 votes of approval from a 1,461-strong committee after a running a Beijing-backed race against no other rivals
#UPDATE John Lee was the only candidate in a one-horse race to succeed Carrie Lam
He is the first security official to hold Hong Kong's top job after a tumultuous few years for a city battered by political unrest and debilitating pandemic controls
VIDEO: 🇭🇰 Ex-security chief anointed Hong Kong's next leader
Former security chief John Lee celebrates after being anointed as Hong Kong's new chief executive by a small committee of Beijing loyalists
#BREAKING Hong Kong leader appointment violates democratic norms: EU foreign policy chief
#UPDATE The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said the anointment of former security chief John Lee as Hong Kong's new leader was a 'violation of democratic principles' u.afp.com/w2Tz
VIDEO: 🇭🇰 John Lee, the only candidate in the Beijing-backed race to appoint Hong Kong's next leader, says it is "high time" the city starts a "new chapter" after receiving 99% of the vote from the small "election committee" made up of 1,461 people
#BREAKING G7, EU voice 'grave concern' at new HK leader selection process
#UPDATE G7 foreign ministers on Monday voiced misgivings about how Hong Kong's new leader was chosen, accusing the Chinese territory of flouting democratic convention
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#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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