Hong Kong’s leader-in-waiting, John Lee, has been endorsed for the city’s top job by a committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists as the financial hub continues its alignment with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership after several years of protests against Beijing’s political upheaval of the former British colony.
Lee, the sole candidate, received the votes of 1,416 members of a pro-Beijing election committee on May 8, granting him the majority required to become Hong Kong’s next leader. Eight members of the committee voted to “not support” him.
