HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong confirmed on Thursday that veteran civil servant Donald Tsang would be its next leader amid fresh criticism that the selection process was not democratic enough.
Tsang won the race unopposed after securing an overwhelming number of nominations from a Beijing-sanctioned electoral college of 796 people that chooses the territory's next chief executive. Two rivals failed to get enough support to stand against him.
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