China reiterated its support for Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday, denying a Financial Times report that the central government is developing plans to replace the city's leader with an interim chief executive amid prolonged civil unrest."This is a political rumor with ulterior motives," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press briefing while expressing China's firm support for Lam and the Hong Kong government in restoring order to the city.The report, citing people briefed on the deliberations, names as possible successors Norman Chan, the former …READ FULL ARTICLE