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Beijing’s new Hong Kong envoy Luo Huining was a surprise choice. Here’s why

  • Sent to deal with a city in crisis when he was supposed to be easing into semi-retirement, he is seen as capable but has no experience of the financial hub
  • Pro-democracy camp’s landslide victory in November’s district council polls may have been ‘final straw’ to prompt a change at the liaison office
Topic |   Hong Kong protests

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William Zheng

William Zheng

William Zheng is a veteran journalist who has served and led major Hong Kong and Singapore media organizations in his 20-year career, covering greater China. He is now deputy China Editor of the South China Morning Post.