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Correction4 Aug 2021 An earlier version of this story reported that Martin Lee had been jailed. His sentence was suspended for two years. When Beijing picked Carrie Lam to lead Hong Kong in 2017, the chief executive faced a city that was deeply resentful of authorities’ refusal to heed widespread calls for universal suffrage. Lam had 36 years experience in Hong Kong’s civil service, was the number two leader at the time and viewed the semi-autonomous territory – a former British colony – as an “inseparable part” of China. During the pro-democracy sit-ins of 2014, she had acted as the Hong Kong government’s chief mediator, defending a role for Beijing in vetting or choosing the city’s leader.

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