China has just replaced its top representative in Hong Kong with a senior Communist Party official who has a track record as a tough enforcer of stringent security policies.
Keith Bradsher
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Keith Bradsher
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Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times. Living and reporting in mainland China for past seven years. R/tw not endorsements
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