Frances Hui left Hong Kong for the last time in July 2020, seeking asylum in the United States, with the crushing awareness that she would never again set foot in the city where she was born and raised. When she recently learned of her grandmother’s death, she felt a profound sense of sorrow and longing for her hometown.
On Dec. 14, the Hong Kong authorities placed bounties on five prominent pro-democracy activists living overseas for breaking the national security law imposed by Beijing. Ms. Hui was among them.
