NEW YORK/CANBERRA/HONG KONG/BEIJING – The Chinese government is drafting a plan to replace Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam with an “interim” chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing unidentified people briefed on the deliberations.
Lam’s successor would be installed by March and serve the remainder of her term if Chinese President Xi Jinping decides to carry out the plan, the paper cited the people as saying.
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