Hong Kong Chief Executive

Carrie Lam leaves behind a new Hong Kong: less free, less capable, and more dependent on the mainland.

Lam’s replacement was a key demand of the 2019 protests, but no one should be celebrating her announced retirement now.

John Lee’s background is heavy on security, showing Beijing values that over Hong Kong’s economic prosperity.

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.

The changes, billed as necessary “improvements,” will make it effectively impossible for pro-democrats to win office.

China's number three leader promises increased control over Hong Kong.

Carrie Lam is finding it difficult to fill her cabinet, thanks to restrictions from Beijing.

CY Leung admits to funneling his concerns through a pro-Beijing lawmaker on the investigation committee.

With little hope of winning themselves, the pan-democrats plan to side with a pro-Beijing underdog.

Donald Tsang gets over a year in prison for a bribery scandal while he was in office.

The influential businessman pledges to put his vote on the Election Committee to good use.