Hong Kong, 5 years after mass protests

A protestor holds a flag that reads: "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" at a rally in Hong Kong, on Dec. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Between 2019 and 2020, nearly 2 million people took to the streets of Hong Kong to fight legislation that could give Chinese authorities the power to criminalize dissent. It’s been 5 years since China passed the so-called national security law. How has Hong Kong changed?

Guests

Dennis Kwok, former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker now in exile. Founding member of the Civic Party, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy liberal political party founded in 2006 and disbanded in 2023.

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Mark Clifford, president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong. Former editor in chief of Hong Kong-based English-language papers The Standard and the South China Morning Post

This program aired on June 13, 2025.

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