Leung Chun-ying
Hong Kong deputy resigns, announces leadership bid
Hong Kong's tough pro-Beijing number two Carrie Lam announced her bid to lead the deeply divided city on Jan. 12 after stepping down from her current post.
Lam is deputy to Hong Kong's unpopular leader Leung Chun-ying and rose through the ranks as a career civil servant before taking public office.
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Hong Kong backs China bid to bar rebel lawmakers
Hong Kong's leader said Nov. 7 he would "fully implement" a ruling by Beijing which effectively bars two elected pro-independence lawmakers from the city's legislature after they deliberately misread their oaths of office.
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Beijing pins Hong Kong riot on 'radical separatists'
A senior Beijing official on Feb. 14 blamed "radical separatists" for a riot that erupted in Hong Kong last week, the worst clashes the city has seen since mass pro-democracy protests.
Hong Kong leader says democracy movement has 'almost zero chance'
the city's embattled Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said in an interview that the street protests had 'spun out of control' and warned it was highly unlikely the action would alter Beijing's position
Hong Kong leader refuses to resign but offers talks with protesters
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying defied pro-democracy protesters' demands to step down by Friday, with pressure also increasing from Leung's backers in Beijing over one of the most serious political challenges they have faced in decades.