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Editor's Insight: Hong Kong feels squeeze of China's 20-year hug

The tradeoff between prosperity and freedom is proving costly for the former British colony since the handover.

Fri, 30 Jun 2017

Two decades ago, I watched People’s Liberation Army soldiers march into the heart of downtown Hong Kong.

Today, Chinese President Xi Jinping is inspecting a new generation of PLA soldiers on his first ever visit to the former British colony.

At the time, many promises were made about how “one

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