Twenty-five years after Britain's handover of Hong Kong to Chinese rule, there are no opposition lawmakers left in Hong Kong's legislature. Many have been arrested under a national security law Beijing imposed in 2020 or disqualified from standing for office under new "patriots only" electoral rules
Hong Kong, China: As midnight struck on June 30, 1997 and Hong Kong transitioned from British to Chinese rule, pro-democracy lawmaker Lee Wing-tat stood with colleagues on the balcony of the city's legislature, holding a defiant protest.