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China installing former security chief as Hong Kong leader

Attendees light their phones as John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, during his 2022 chief executive electoral campaign rally in Hong Kong, Friday, May 6, 2022. China is moving to install lee as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted the Asian financial center's democratic institutions and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, center, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, attends his 2022 chief executive electoral campaign rally in Hong Kong, Friday, May 6, 2022. China is moving to install lee as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted the Asian financial center's democratic institutions and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, center, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, attends his 2022 chief executive electoral campaign rally in Hong Kong, Friday, May 6, 2022. China is moving to install Lee as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted the Asian financial center's democratic institutions and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, attends his 2022 chief executive electoral campaign rally in Hong Kong, Friday, May 6, 2022. China is moving to install lee as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted the Asian financial center's democratic institutions and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
China installing former security chief as Hong Kong leader