WHEN John Lee was sworn in as chief executive two months ago, he pledged to safeguard China's "sovereignty, national security and development interests" as well as "to ensure prosperity and stability" of Hong Kong.

The chief executive in effect has two constituencies. As the Basic Law says, he is "accountable" to both "the Central People's Government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region."

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