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Hong Kong's First Post-Handover Leader Tung Chee-hwa Dies

via BBC World·Sep 9

Tung Chee-hwa, who became Hong Kong's first chief executive after Britain handed the territory to China in 1997, has died. His tenure was marked by an economic downturn, a public health crisis and mass protests that led to his early resignation. He remained an adviser to Beijing afterward.

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