By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong on Friday postponed an election for a new leader until May to battle a raging COVID outbreak, but unlike previous years, there’s still no front-runner for the job, adding to uncertainty about the city’s future as Beijing imposes its rule. The former British colony returned to China in 1997, since when there have been four chief executives, all of whom struggled to balance the democratic aspirations of some residents with the vision of China’s Communist Party leaders. All of the city’s leaders have been backed by Beijing and chosen by a small com…
