PoliticsHong Kong's expected leader vows to repair business hub reputation
John Lee faces tricky balance with Beijing's zero-COVID policy, security concerns
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.