Hongkongers From Around the World Continue to Hold Rallies to Say No to CCP

Hongkongers in the UK hold a memorial event, 1st July Commemoration of the 1st Death Anniversary of Leung Kin-fai, at Piccadilly Circus in central London, on July 1, 2022. Wen Dongqing/The Epoch Times

July 1 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China. Before the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) came into effect in 2020, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp had been holding an annual July 1 protest to symbolize Hong Kong’s continued rights to freedom of expression and demonstration.

However, that changed in July 2022 when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping visited Hong Kong. All demonstrations were banned, and no one dared to hold any demonstrations in Hong Kong.