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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam pauses during a news conference in Hong Kong, Monday, April 4, 2022. Lam, who survived massive protests against her government in 2019 and oversaw the implementation of a tough national security law that quashed dissent, said Monday she will not seek a second term. Her successor will be picked in May. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, Pool)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam won’t seek new term after rocky 5 years

By Zen Soo and Vincent Yu - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Hong Kong, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, Pool)

Hong Kong to lift flight bans, cut quarantine for arrivals

Associated Press

Residents line up to get tested for the coronavirus at a temporary testing center despite the rain in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Hong Kong will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March, the citys leader said Tuesday, as the city grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong orders mandatory testing in March to tackle COVID-19

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Residents line up to get tested for the coronavirus at a temporary testing center for COVID-19, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday said a surge of coronavirus cases is overwhelming the city's emergency resources, but defended strict measures that have been imposed. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

China’s leader Xi Jinping increases pressure on Hong Kong officials to control COVID-19 outbreak

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a news conference in Hong Kong, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. Lam on Tuesday said that the recent closure of two media outlets in the city cannot be associated with the state of press freedom in Hong Kong as the decisions were made by the outlets themselves. Her comments came almost a week after authorities arrested seven people associated with pro-democracy online news outlet Stand News over sedition, with the outlet announcing that it would cease operations. Days later, another online site Citizen News also said it would stop operating. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Hong Kong’s Lam: Media closures unrelated to press freedom

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Lam said during a news conference Monday that she was &quot;satisfied&quot; with Sunday's legislative election despite a 30.2% voter turnout, the lowest since the British handed Hong Kong over to China 1997. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Pro-Beijing candidates sweep victories at Hong Kong polls

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

From right, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Secretary for Security Chris Tang and Chief Secretary John Lee attend a news conference in Hong Kong, Friday, June 25, 2021. China on Friday promoted Hong Kong's top security official to the territory's No. 2 spot as Beijing continues to clamp down on free speech and political opposition. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Security chief named Hong Kong No. 2 official amid clampdown

Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Lam said Tuesday that Hong Kong's legislative elections would take place in December, more than a year after they were postponed last year with authorities citing public health risks from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong’s delayed legislative elections set for December

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

In this Jan. 26, 2021, file photo, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Lam backs Hong Kong electoral changes excluding opponents

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

In this July 15, 2020, file photo, pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, left, attend a press conference in Hong Kong. About 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were arrested by police on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, under a national security law, following their involvement in an unofficial primary election last year held to increase their chances of controlling the legislature, according to local media reports. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Hong Kong arrests 53 activists under national security law

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus wait outside a bakery in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong closes government offices in new anti-virus curbs

Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Lam will travel to Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese officials to seek help in reviving Hong Kong’s economy and discuss reopening the borders with mainland China as coronavirus infections in her city dwindle. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Lam says next US president should not interfere in Hong Kong

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Lam will travel to Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese officials to seek help in reviving Hong Kong’s economy and discuss reopening the borders with mainland China as coronavirus infections in her city dwindle. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong leader heads to Beijing to seek economic aid

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to a reporter's questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Lam said Monday that her annual policy address scheduled for this week will be delayed until she travels to Beijing to ask the Chinese central government for help with measures to help her city's battered economy. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong leader seeking Beijing’s help for ailing economy

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. Lam said Tuesday that the government had not received any information from Taiwan authorities regarding media reports that they are holding five Hong Kong citizens who reportedly were fleeing to Taiwan on a boat.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu）

Hong Kong: No information on reported detentions in Taiwan

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

People wearing face masks queue for the coronavirus test outside a testing center in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Hong Kong began a voluntary mass-testing program for coronavirus Tuesday as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the city's third outbreak of the disease. The virus-testing program has become a flash point of political debate in Hong Kong, with many distrustful over resources and staff being provided by the China's central government and fears that the residents’ DNA could be collected during the exercise.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

Hit by virus surge, Hong Kong offers free tests to everyone

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Lam said she hoped that the opposition would not “demonize and stigmatize” the national security law as doing do would mean pitting themselves against the people of Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong leader urges people not to ‘demonize’ security law

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Lam hit out at the &quot;double standards&quot; of foreign governments over national security, and pointed to recent unrest in America as an example. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong leader criticizes ‘double standards’ over protests

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Lam tried again Tuesday to defend a new national security law that China's parliament is going to impose on Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong leader says security law not a threat to freedoms

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press