US Consul General Gregory May also confirms Post report that he will soon depart Hong Kong to take on senior role in at embassy in Beijing
May, who was first posted to Hong Kong in 2022, said he was leaving with an “absolute super-positive” impression of the city, while acknowledging that political differences had continued to hamper ties.
“I think Hong Kong is a great city,” he said. “What is not great is the policies of the mainland Chinese government [and] the Hong Kong government that have eroded freedom.”
His tenure has been marked by the erosion of ties between the US and Hong Kong following the enactment of the city’s 2020 national security law and the wider geopolitical struggle between Washington and Beijing.
