Some experts on China affairs analyzed that CarrieLam is no longer of value to the CCP’s overall “united front” tactic, and her values are incompatible with the CCP’s political culture.
Outgoing Hong Kong leader CarrieLam has been trying in her tenure to communicate with the mainland for the resumption of normal traveller clearance between Hong Kong and mainland.
Hong Kong Chief Executive CarrieLam said on April 4 that she won't seek a second term as the city's leader.
“I will not run in the sixth chief executive elections,” Lam told reporters during a press briefing.
HONG KONG—Hong Kong leader CarrieLam fractured her right elbow after a fall at the official chief executive residence during the night and remains in hospital for observation, the Chinese-ruled city's government said on Tuesday.
The list includes Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Hong Kong chief executive CarrieLam, a sign of deteriorating press freedom both in communist China and Hong Kong.
A group of European lawmakers on Thursday urged Hong Kong Chief Executive CarrieLam to release journalists arrested under Hong Kong's draconian national security law, and unfreeze the assets of a pro-democracy newspaper that was forced to shut down.
HONG KONG—Hundreds of protesters gathered in shopping malls across Hong Kong on May 13, flouting coronavirus-related social distancing rules to mock unpopular Chief Executive CarrieLam on her birthday.
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam refused to comment on the status of the Chinese Communist Party’s proposed national security law for her city during her weekly press conference on June 30, despite local media reporting that the law has been passed in Beijing
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Reuters has redacted the transcript in a few spots to remove names mentioned by Lam and questions asked by the audience.
CarrieLam:
In the last two years, one of the policy areas that I have spent most time in is innovation and technology.
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam has announced the additional closure of four border crossing points with China, bringing the total number of closed crossings to 10.
Anti-government protesters hold up placards outside the venues of first community dialogue holding by Hong Kong Chief Executive CarrieLam in Hong Kong, China on Sept. 26, 2019.
In the span of a few days, Hong Kong leader CarrieLam received support for her handling of the months-long unrest in the city from another top Chinese official.
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam has said she has much in power in the city thanks to backing from Beijing, reiterating her support to local police to curb the “violent” protests in her weekly press conference on Oct. 29.
At a closed-door meeting, Hong Kong's Chief Executive CarrieLam expresses deep regrets about her push to pass the extradition bill, according to an audio recording reviewed by @Reuters.
After the Financial Times ran a story about Beijing’s plans to replace Hong Kong chief executive CarrieLam, China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry vehemently denied the report, calling it “a political rumor.”
HONG KONG—Student unions from two Hong Kong universities said on July 5 that they have turned down invitations from city leader CarrieLam for talks about the recent unrest over her proposal to allow the extradition of suspects to mainland China.
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive CarrieLam was confident that the pro-Beijing camp would “definitely win,” thus allowing for the elections to be held as scheduled.
In a raucous press conference in the morning on Aug. 13, Hong Kong leader CarrieLam was criticized by a reporter for evading a question about the withdrawal of the now-suspended extradition bill.
Hong Kong Chief Executive CarrieLam held a press conference on Aug. 20, promising to establish a platform for dialogue about the ongoing extradition bill crisis.
Hong Kong leader CarrieLam, flanked by a dozen of ministers in her government, announced she has exercised a local emergency law to ban masks in the vexed city.
Plus, Xi Jinping says CarrieLam is here to stay.
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Hong Kong leader CarrieLam has reiterated her support for local police in her latest public appearance, while adding that her dialogue sessions with the community begin next week.
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