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...Hong Kong. Tsang, the son of a policeman, secured nominations from more than 700 of the delegates, precluding the need for a formal vote. He takes his oath in Beijing this week and will then complete the remaining two years of the second term of former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, who resigned in March...
...moves largely orchestrated by China has pricked Hong Kong's democracy bubble. Beijing has become savvier about dealing with the city, seemingly taking into account public opinion even as it increasingly calls the shots. In March, the Chinese leadership nudged Hong Kong's aloof and deeply unpopular Chief Executive, Tung Chee-hwa, into resigning. That paved the way for Tung's No. 2, Donald Tsang, a gregarious, astute career civil servant with the common touch. Beijing has publicly backed him as the best man to run Hong Kong-even though some of the city's pro-China leaders openly question...
...dramatically from the 68% in a similar survey in 2003. When the Democratic Party held a rally recently to protest what it felt was yet another example of China's meddling in Hong Kong-Beijing ruled that the next Chief Executive would serve only the remaining two years of Tung's five-year term-less than 1,500 people showed up. "It's not necessary to march anymore," says Ringo Lee, a 28-year-old bank marketing manager who took to the streets last July 1 but is now preoccupied with hunting for a new apartment to buy. Says Professor...
...moves largely orchestrated by China has pricked Hong Kong's democracy bubble. Beijing has become savvier about dealing with the city, seemingly taking into account public opinion even as it increasingly calls the shots. In March, the Chinese leadership nudged Hong Kong's aloof and deeply unpopular Chief Executive, Tung Chee-hwa, into resigning. That paved the way for Tung's No. 2, Donald Tsang, a gregarious, astute career civil servant with the common touch. Beijing has publicly backed him as the best man to run Hong Kong?even though some of the city's pro-China leaders openly question...
...dramatically from the 68% in a similar survey in 2003. When the Democratic Party held a rally recently to protest what it felt was yet another example of China's meddling in Hong Kong?Beijing ruled that the next Chief Executive would serve only the remaining two years of Tung's five-year term?less than 1,500 people showed up. "It's not necessary to march anymore," says Ringo Lee, a 28-year-old bank marketing manager who took to the streets last July 1 but is now preoccupied with hunting for a new apartment to buy. Says Professor...