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Hong Kong leader aims to reopen border with China next month

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Hong Kong's leader said Saturday that China has agreed to a reopening of the city's border with the mainland

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Chief Executive John Lee, returning from a trip to Beijing where he met President Xi Jinping and other officials

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The announcement came as China is easing a “zero-COVID” policy that has restricted entry to the country, isolated infected people and locked down areas with outbreaks.

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Hong Kong is a semi-autonomous Chinese territory that borders Guangdong province in southeast China

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Lee has made a full reopening of the border a priority to boost the city's flagging economy

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The issue was one of several on his agenda for this week's trip to Beijing to deliver an annual report to the central government

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He offered no details on how the border might be reopened

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It would include an elimination of the five days of hotel quarantine required for people entering mainland China

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