We have spoken with people here in the United States whose loved ones are in prison because they spoke out against the Chinese Communist Party. And you see that Hong Kong used to be viewed as this sort of place of commerce and freedom. And when people objected to that, people like Jimmy Lai, when he saw that the CCP was going to erase the freedom of press or the freedom of religion, and he spoke out. (26:53–26:59)
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Asserts that Hong Kong was once viewed as a place of commerce and freedom.
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