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Coronavirus: why won’t Carrie Lam shut Hong Kong’s border with mainland China?

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As more countries ban visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong’s government has stuck by its determination to only curb the cross-border flow of people, and not shut checkpoints completely.In the face of mounting opposition and increasing calls from across the political divide, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has repeatedly dismissed demands for a full border closure, citing logistical and business reasons, and arguing it would be mostly Hongkongers who commute that would suffer.But…

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