NSW Labor to Run Pro-Belt and Road Candidate in Sydney’s Inner-West

People wearing face masks walk through the quiet streets of the Strathfield suburb of Sydney on August 11, 2021, as the city's more than five million people are enduring their seventh week under stay-at-home orders. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

NSW Labor has named a pro-Belt and Road candidate to run in Sydney’s inner-west in the upcoming by-election slated to take place on Feb. 12.

Jason Yat-Sen Li, former United Nations lawyer, turned investment firm CEO, announced his candidacy for the seat of Strathfield on Jan. 5. Pitching Li, the Labor party hopes to retain the seat of its former leader Jodi McKay, who resigned in 2021.