South China Morning Post - 2022-05-09

• LEE CONFIRMED AS CITY’S NEXT LEADER
• Blame political leaders, not civil servants
• Finance chief warns of cut to growth rate forecast for 2022
• Hainan amphibious assault ship seen as a key deterrent
• Election hailed as ‘democracy with Hong Kong characteri­stics’
• LEE TO LOOK BEYOND FAMILIAR FACES
• Vote is almost a clean sweep, except for a dozen holdouts
• New leader expected to get straight to work
• Equipping the next generation for a digitally transforme­d world
• BEIJING ‘WORRIED’ AS SEOUL JOINS NATO CYBER UNIT
• Vice-president on rare trip to win over South Korean leader
• Chinese-Americans urged to help mend ‘difficult’ ties
• KMT reopening US office to give itself a greater voice in Washington
• Deal with Beijing helps one of world’s most forested nations fight illegal logging
• 60 feared dead in school
• Fires in strategic Russian assets hint at sabotage
• Escapees from Azovstal finally see sunlight again
• LONDON PLEDGES MORE AID TO KYIV
• AS FILIPINOS VOTE, NEW POLL SAYS IT MAY BE DEAD HEAT
• Solar and wind developers left in limbo as sector stalls
• Anger at speech over anti-China racism
• Coffee candy stirs buzz after thumbs up from Elon Musk
• Lula launches presidenti­al bid to ‘rebuild’ nation
• WOMEN ORDERED TO COVER UP FULL BODY
• Death toll climbs to 27 after blast at landmark hotel
• With the voting over, John Lee now has to live up to his promise and deliver results
• Next administra­tion urged to break gridlock and grant the city a zero-emission bus fleet
• Can UN fulfil its mandate for peace, security?
• Turbulent waters
• Hong Kong must reopen to the world before it is too late
• Use birth rate to measure Lee’s performanc­e
• SHENZHEN’S WORKSHOPS KEEP RUNNING DESPITE RESTRICTIO­NS
• Big Four seeking to enlarge teams for ESG services
• BYD denies its car plant emissions harm children
• TikTok owner ByteDance renames some subsidiari­es
• Golden visa fuels demand for Greek homes
• Time for a Covid-19 audit
• US fights inflation with dollar, but what about rest of the world?
• How city can be a hub for sustainabl­e finance
• The ‘silver skin’ that could be the source of your pain
• The woeful US-China co-production that buried a popular franchise
• Horoscopes
• Chinese Zodiac
• Universal Crossword
• Games delay could turn out to be a blessing in disguise
• RUNNER GIVES UP DREAM FOR FAMILY
• Prolific pair fall just short of seventh doubles title
• Rangnick apologises for United’s abject defeat
• Central bank lends support as Shanghai eyes reopening
• HELPERS RETURN TO CITY AS TRAVEL CURBS EASE
• State-owned landlords cancel rents for up to six months to help small firms

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