Bow-Tied Bureaucrat

Confirming what was common knowledge in Hong Kong, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa announced last week that he had resigned. While Tung said he was leaving because the job was wearing him down, China's leaders have clearly telegraphed in recent months their unhappiness with Tung's inability to run Hong Kong to their satisfaction. How will his successor, 60-year-old Chief Secretary Donald Tsang, fare? That's one of the many questions being asked about Hong Kong's new leader. Here are the critical ones, and the answers to them:

Who is Donald Tsang?
Unlike Tung, the Shanghai-born heir to a...

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