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China replaces top envoy to Hong Kong: state media
BEIJING, Jan 4, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Chinese state media said Saturday the
country had replaced its top envoy to Hong Kong, the most significant
personnel change since democracy protests broke out in the city last year.
“Wang Zhimin has been dismissed from his position as head of the Liaison
Office” for Hong Kong affairs and was replaced by Luo Huining, state
broadcaster CCTV said, without giving details.
Hong Kong has been battered by nearly seven months of unrest — its biggest
political crisis in decades — which has seen millions come out on the
streets demanding greater democratic freedoms.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1906 hrs