Despite Beijing’s Tightening Control, Hong Kong’s Fight for Democratic Values, Freedom Continues: Emily Lau

Despite Beijing’s Tightening Control, Hong Kong’s Fight for Democratic Values, Freedom Continues: Emily Lau
Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan (C) arrives at West Kowloon court in Hong Kong on April 16, 2021, to receive sentencing after being found guilty of organising an unauthorised assembly on August 18, 2019. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
Ella Kietlinska
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The Chinese Communist Party’s encroachment on Hong Kong’s autonomy may mean the end of “one country, two systems” but it’s not the end of Hong Kong, says Emily Lau, former Democratic Party chair and legislator in Hong Kong.

“The people will continue to fight, fight for what we believe in and fight for the values that Beijing promised under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law,” Lau told NTD’s “Focus Talk” program.

Ella Kietlinska
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Ella Kietlinska is an Epoch Times reporter covering U.S. and world politics.
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