Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In New York, I'm John Fassman.

And in London, I'm Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Airplanes and tourist attractions are once again packed.

After spending much of the past two years at home, people are eager to get out.

But they're also eager to do something else. Start a business.

We'll find out why the pandemic has produced an entrepreneurial spirit.

And tonight, Interrin, the semifinals of the annual Eurovision Song Contest begin.

Among the contenders in this beloved festival of over-produced silliness,

a folk rap group representing Ukraine that's coming straight from the battlefield.

But first,

this week Hong Kong has a new leader,

though to say that John Lee won a free election is overstating it a bit.

The only candidate with the John Lee Cartel,

number of support votes given to the candidate is 1,416.

A number of not-support votes given to the candidate is 8.

With 99% of the votes in the territories' electoral colleges,

it was a landslide, but that's not to say he's a beloved politician.

Over the past couple of years, opposition candidates have been squeezed out just as effectively as independent media outlets have.

Mr Lee is only the fifth chief executive of Hong Kong, a notionally independent leader who is increasingly obvious is at the mercy of leadership on the Chinese mainland,

which is why Mr Lee's background is so telling.

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