Hong Kong's first leader Tung Chee-hwa dies at 87

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first chief executive after the 1997 handover from Britain to China, has died. His tenure was marked by economic crises and large-scale protests.

🐿️ Tung's legacy is a cautionary tale of how Beijing's tight grip on Hong Kong began even before the Umbrella Movement, with his controversial Article 23 security law proposal.