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Hong Kong Was Once My Home—Today It’s a Police State

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Hong Kong Was Once My Home—Today It’s a Police State
A special unit of the Hong Kong police provides security in the city's Wanchai district as Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong to attend celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China on June 30, 2022. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
Benedict Rogers
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Twenty-five years ago this month, Hong Kong was handed over to China and the last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, sailed out on the Royal Yacht Britannia.

Benedict Rogers
Benedict Rogers
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Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer. He is the co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, senior analyst for East Asia at the international human rights organization CSW, co-founder and deputy chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, and member of the advisory group of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China, and the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign.
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