In recent years, Beijing has been expanding its influence and control. Those moves appeared to be hastened by mass pro-democracy protests in 2014 and 2019. Know more:
FILE – Hundreds of legal professionals wear black to express their disappointment as they participate in a silent march to protest against the extradition bill in Hong Kong on June 6, 2019. When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland. As the city of 7.
FILE – Jimmy Lai, who founded the Apple Daily, is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court in Hong Kong on Dec. 12, 2020. When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland. As the city of 7.
FILE – The “Pillar of Shame” statue, a memorial for those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, is removed from the University of Hong Kong on Dec. 23, 2021. When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland. As the city of 7.4 million people marks 25 years under Beijing’s rule on Friday, those promises are wearing thin.
FILE – Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam leaves the stage after a news conference at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on Oct. 16, 2019. When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland. As the city of 7.4 million people marks 25 years under Beijing’s rule on Friday, those promises are wearing thin.
FILE – New members of Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect John Lee’s cabinet attend a news conference in Hong Kong on July 19, 2022 as Lee announces the new appointed principal officials. When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland. As the city of 7.
Chan Po-ying, a 66-year-old veteran pro-democracy activist, left, and her long-time partner and fellow activist Leung Kwok-hung, right, hold pictures of detained Chinese human rights activists outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong on Dec. 27, 2017. When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland. As the city of 7.
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