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Hong Kong’s new leader heads to Beijing for official approval

Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect John Lee is expected to receive his official letter of appointment on his four-day trip to Beijing [File: Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

Hong Kong’s next leader John Lee is visiting Beijing, where he is expected to get the central government’s official nod before he officially takes office in a month.

Lee, 64, a former police officer and security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong’s democracy movement, was chosen as the next chief executive by a select group of Beijing loyalists earlier this month.

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