HONG KONG (Reuters) – An election committee of about 1,200 Hong Kong notables picked Beijing-loyalist Leung Chun-ying as the city’s next leader on Sunday following a campaign marred by scandal and public discontent at perceived interference by Beijing. Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997, is a freewheeling capitalist hub enjoying a high degree of autonomy and freedom, but Beijing’s Communist Party leaders have resisted public pressure for full democracy. Hong Kong’s seven million people have no say in who becomes their chief executive. …

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