How China crushed Hong Kong

In 1997 China promised to protect Hong Kong's freedoms for the next five decades—but just 25 years after the handover, Hong Kong is now a police state. So how did China crush Hong Kong?

00:00 - How China crushed Hong Kong
00:44 - Tiananmen square massacre vigil banned
02:37 - China’s ambition since 1842: reclaim Hong Kong
04:16 - How China needed Hong Kong’s booming business
05:30 - President Xi’s aim to crush Hong Kong
07:30 - How China infiltrated Hong Kong society
08:51 - The tactics of the Chinese Communist Party
11:42 - How exiled Hong Kongers are speaking out
13:00 - What can the world learn from Hong Kong?

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