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1: Hong Kong Silenced: Add Oil

How to become a dictator

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Hong Kong's National Security Law Changed Everything

Sophia Yan is the China correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. She reports from Tiananmen Square, where China's version of a parlament meets annually to rubber stamp into law proposals from the Chinese Communist Party. In one fell swoop, it was illegal to oppose the Chinese government in the street or in parlament. You could also be punished for saying something critical on social media, or even to a colleague in the cafeteria. We'll find out what life has been like for Hong Kongers since the law was introduced a year ago.

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