---- Title: Hong Kong chief executive election 2022:... legal exemption in US law could be why Facebook did not follow... YouTube in axing John Lee’s account ---- ... YouTube terminated Lee’s campaign channel on Wednesday, citing compliance with US sanction laws, but fellow American tech giant Facebook did not follow suit But Facebook’s decision is a ‘qualified one’ and may yet change, says one expert YouTube 周三以遵守美国制裁法为由终止了李的竞选频道，但美国科技巨头 Facebook 并未效仿 但一位专家表示，Facebook 的决定是“合格的”，而且可能还会改变 ---- Image Caption: 5 月 8 日香港领导人选举的唯一候选人是前二号官员 John Lee。照片：Nora Tam ---- ... Facebook may have relied on a legal exemption in American law to allow Hong Kong chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu to continue using the social media platform, legal experts have said. It would help explain why the tech giant did not follow YouTube in delisting the former official’s account to comply with US sanction laws, choosing to allow his campaign page to remain albeit with caveats. Lee, who was chief secretary before he announced he would run for the city’s top job, was among more than a dozen officials sanctioned by the United States in 2020 over Beijing’s imposition of the national security law on Hong Kong. 法律专家表示，Facebook 可能依赖于美国法律的法律豁免，以允许香港行政长官候选人李家超继续使用社交媒体平台。 这将有助于解释为什么这家科技巨头没有跟随 YouTube 删除这位前官员的账户以遵守美国的制裁法，选择允许他的竞选页面保留，尽管有警告。 在宣布竞选香港最高职位之前担任首席秘书的李是 2020 年因北京对香港实施国家安全法而受到美国制裁的十多名官员之一。 ---- Video Caption: 香港二号官员李宗盛宣布竞选下一任香港领导人 ---- ... ---- Title: Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: Beijing, city government lash out at Google for taking down YouTube channel of candidate John Lee ---- ... ---- Title: 2022年香港特首选举：北京、市政府猛烈抨击谷歌关闭候选人李约翰的YouTube频道 ---- ... 中國外交部發言人汪文斌稱科技巨頭谷歌幫助美國政府乾涉他國內政 市政府發表聲明表示“對外國勢力以任何形式乾涉香港內政表示極度憤慨” Beijing and the Hong Kong government have lashed out at American technology giant Google and Washington for terminating the YouTube channel of chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu due to US sanctions laws, with the Chinese foreign ministry calling the move “completely wrong and unreasonable”. Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on Thursday said the incident once again exposed “the hypocrisy and double standard” of the United States, which was bent on undermining free speech and fairness in cyberspace to achieve its political objectives. “The US is interfering in Hong Kong affairs using different excuses and has evil intentions in destroying Hong Kong’s chief executive election,” he said, adding Google was also complicit. “It is completely wrong and unreasonable. We firmly oppose this.” 京和香港政府猛烈抨击美国科技巨头谷歌和华盛顿因美国制裁法而终止首席执行官候选人李家超的 YouTube 频道，中国外交部称此举“完全错误和不合理” . 外交部发言人汪文斌周四表示，该事件再次暴露了美国一心破坏网络空间言论自由和公平以实现其政治目标的“虚伪和双重标准”。 “美国以各种借口干涉香港事务，蓄意破坏香港特首选举，”他说，并补充说谷歌也是同谋。 “这是完全错误和不合理的。 我们坚决反对。” ---- Title: Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee’s manifesto to ‘centre on housing, civil service reform’ with less focus on national security ---- ... ---- Title: 2022年香港特首选举：李宗盛的宣言“以住房、公务员制度改革为中心”，减少对国家安全的关注 ---- ... Former No 2 official John Lee also vows to initiate talks with mainland Chinese counterparts on quarantine-free cross-border travel once he is elected Powerful vetting committee chaired by Financial Secretary Paul Chan approves Lee’s candidacy on Monday 前二号官员约翰·李（John Lee）也誓言，一旦当选，将与中国大陆同行就免检疫跨境旅行展开对话 由财政司司长陈茂波担任主席的强大审查委员会周一批准李的候选资格 ---- Title: Hong Kong chief executive election 2022: John Lee says no need to revisit extradition bill, as he focuses on ‘sense of gain’ for public ---- ... ---- Title: 2022年香港特首选举：李宗盛表示无需重审引渡法案，因为他专注于公众的“获得感” ---- ... Lee borrows ‘sense of gain’ phrase from Chinese president, says his focus on results would mean ‘public can see the outcomes sooner’ Chief executive hopeful makes 10 campaign stops in nine hours as he meets with pro-Beijing associations and political parties Chief executive hopeful John Lee Ka-chiu has said there is no need to revisit the extradition bill which sparked social unrest in Hong Kong in 2019, adding his prospective administration would focus on more important priorities. The former chief secretary also explained his focus on being “result oriented” was aimed at giving the public a “sense of gain”, borrowing a phrase first used by President Xi Jinping as continued off his election campaign with visits to major pro-establishment groups on Monday. Lee had a packed schedule on Monday, with a total of 10 campaign stops across the city within a nine-hour window as he continued to lobby for support a day after securing enough nominations to officially stand in the leadership election on May 8. During one campaign stop, a reporter asked the former No 2 official if he would seek to reintroduce the previously withdrawn extradition bill, which would have allowed the extradition of criminals to jurisdictions with which the city had lacked a treaty, including mainland China. 有希望的行政长官李嘉钊表示，没有必要重新审查在 2019 年引发香港社会动荡的引渡法案，并补充说他未来的政府将专注于更重要的优先事项。 这位前政务司司长还解释说，他对“结果导向”的关注旨在让公众获得“获得感”，这是借用习近平主席在竞选期间访问主要亲建制团体时首先使用的一句话周一。 李周一的日程安排很紧凑，在 9 小时的窗口内总共有 10 次竞选活动在全市停留，因为他在获得足够的提名以正式参加 5 月 8 日的领导选举后的一天继续游说支持。 在一次竞选活动中，一名记者询问这位前二号官员是否会寻求重新提出先前撤回的引渡法案，该法案将允许将罪犯引渡到与该市没有条约的司法管辖区，包括中国大陆。