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Hong Kong Chief Executive election 2022
![Carrie Lam’s Legacy Carrie Lam’s Legacy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-26-173712.jpg)
Carrie Lam’s Legacy
By John P. Burns
Carrie Lam leaves behind a new Hong Kong: less free, less capable, and more dependent on the mainland.
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Hong Kong Leader Says China Patriots Now Firmly in Charge
By Associated Press
Chief Executive Carrie Lam thanked the government in Beijing for “improving Hong Kong’s electoral system” a day after John Lee was almost unanimously chosen as her successor.
![China’s Choice for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Reveals Its Own Insecurity China’s Choice for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Reveals Its Own Insecurity](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-08-154332.jpg)
China’s Choice for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Reveals Its Own Insecurity
By Charles Mok
John Lee’s background is heavy on security, showing Beijing values that over Hong Kong’s economic prosperity.
![Carrie Lam Confirms She Won’t Seek Another Term as Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Confirms She Won’t Seek Another Term as Hong Kong Chief Executive](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-04-145426.jpg)
Carrie Lam Confirms She Won’t Seek Another Term as Hong Kong Chief Executive
By Zen Soo and Vincent Yu
Lam has been Hong Kong’s top leader during a rocky stretch, from the 2019 Umbrella Movement through the enactment of a controversial national security law.
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