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HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong's leader doubled down on her zero-Covid strategy on Tuesday (Aug 31), brushing off growing pushback from the business community over the city's indefinite international isolation. The European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong wrote a rare open letter to Chief Executive Carrie Lam earlier this month warning that the finance hub's business reputation was at risk and residents were "indefinitely trapped". But Lam said there are no plans to change course, reinforcing concerns that there is no current end in sight to travel restrictions. "Now the most important defence is to prevent importation of...
