“Hong Kong died 28 years ago,” said one Hong Kong citizen while bowing to a floral wreath-like illuminated plaque on July 1 decorated with the words “28 years since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.”
The day marked the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997. Once drawing hundreds of thousands of participants, the city’s traditional July 1 pro-democracy march has been impossible to hold since the implementation of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) National Security Law (NSL).
