Hong Kong's expected leader vows to repair business hub reputation

John Lee faces tricky balance with Beijing's zero-COVID policy, security concerns

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Hong Kong's sole candidate for chief executive, former police officer and security chief John Lee, holds a campaign rally. © Reuters

PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- John Lee's expected appointment Sunday as Hong Kong's next leader sets up the former security chief to inherit an international business hub eager to emerge from pandemic isolation -- demands that must be balanced against Beijing's own COVID-zero strategy.

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