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Hong Kong’s next leader receives official appointment letter

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, meets with Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect John Lee in Beijing on Monday, May 30, 2022. Hong Kong's next leader, John Lee, has received an official letter of appointment from Beijing a month before he is to take over the leadership of the semi-autonomous city. (Yao Dawei/Xinhua via AP)

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang grants the official certificate of appointment to John Lee as the sixth-term chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), in Beijing on Monday, May 30, 2022. Hong Kong's next leader, John Lee, has received an official letter of appointment from Beijing a month before he is to take over the leadership of the semi-autonomous city. (Yao Dawei/Xinhua via AP)

In this image taken from video, Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect John Lee, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday, May 30, 2022 in Beijing. Xi met with Lee in Beijing Monday, soon after Lee had received his formal letter of appointment. (Phoenix TV via AP)

FILE - John Lee, then former No. 2 official in Hong Kong and the only candidate for the city's top job, celebrates after declaring his victory in the chief executive election of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, on May 8, 2022. Hong Kong’s next leader Lee on Monday, May 30, 2022, received an official letter of appointment from Beijing, a month before he is due to take over the leadership reins of the semi-autonomous city. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Hong Kong’s next leader receives official appointment letter