Street rally: Pro-democracy protesters demanding the release of Chinese Nobel winner rights activist Liu Xiaobo in Hong Kong. — Reuters
PRIOR to the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, US officials and lawmakers were among a slew of commentators on the island’s democracy.
On June 30, Johnson said the rule of law, an independent judiciary and a free media had all been central to Hong Kong’s success.
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