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Jun 28, 2022 · HONG KONG, June 28 (Reuters) - Hong Kong returned to China in 1997 after 156 years of British colonial rule. China promised the city wide-ranging freedoms denied to those in mainland...
Jun 30, 2022 · HONG KONG — On the day that Hong Kong was returned to China a quarter century ago, the noodle maker of Queen’s Road worked as he had done for days and decades before, mixing flour and...
- The civil servant who fled. Sander* gave up his highly coveted civil servant job to move to the UK under a scheme it introduced in response to the NSL.
- The café owner who welcomes the law. BBC / Lo Kwan Long Curtis. Kate Lee says the law has restored peace to the city. For Kate Lee, a single mother who owns a café in the fishing village of Lei Yue Mun, the law has changed things for the better.
- The court observer losing faith. Ann* visits different courts across the city at least three times a week. "I want to provide emotional support to the protesters and their families.
- The friends supplying snacks to the detained. BBC / Lo Kwan Long Curtis. Hong Kong has very specific requirements about the kinds of snacks and items people in custody are allowed.
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Undeterred by the stalled 2014 movement, young pro-democracy advocates sought to change the system from within by running for seats in the city’s legislature. Though some candidates were barred from running over questions about their views on Hong Kong independence, others were elected. At the beginning of the new legislative term, some activists u...
In early 2019, following the murder of a Hong Kong woman by her Hong Kong boyfriend while on holiday in Taiwan, authorities proposed an extradition bill allowing fugitive criminals to be sent for trial in places without extradition agreements with Hong Kong, including Taiwan and mainland China. The bill exposed Hong Kongers to mainland China’s opaq...
In response to the 2019 protests, Beijing imposed a national security lawon Hong Kong, saying it was necessary to restore order. The law, promulgated on the eve of the handover anniversary, made secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign powers punishable by life in prison. It also allowed for suspects to stand trial in mainland Ch...
Jun 28, 2021 · Interviews with insiders and advisers, as well as speeches, policy papers and state-funded studies, reveal Chinese officials’ growing alarm over protests in Hong Kong; their impatience with...
Mar 19, 2024 · China pledged to preserve much of what makes Hong Kong unique when the former British colony was handed over in 1997. Beijing said it would give Hong Kong fifty years to keep its capitalist...
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Jul 1, 2022 · In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China, triggering the start of a grand political experiment. Many were anxious about how the capitalist, free-wheeling former British colony would fare...
