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Hong Kong protests in 2019 (Photo: Studio Incendo)

With John Lee at helm, what now for EU and Hong Kong?

On Sunday (8 May), a band of hand-picked Beijing loyalists coronated Chinese mainland marionette, John Lee, as Hong Kong's next chief executive in a one-horse race for the city's top job. \n \nChosen by the Election Committee, a 1,462-strong body of communist party "patriots" — who were, incidentally, vetted and approved last year by then-chief secretary Lee as part of Beijing'...

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David Lega is a Swedish MEP with the European People's Party, and member of the committee on foreign affairs and human rights.

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