Daily: Detained for Democracy

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 3 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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What is life like for Hong Kong activists detained then forced into exile after daring to defy Beijing? Simon Cheng was imprisoned in 2019, and fled to Britain later that year, establishing the expat group Hongkongers in Britain. He talks to Ros Taylor about his brutal experience in detention, his new life and the threat to democracy in his home city. “Increasingly the younger generation in Hong Kong don’t think they are Chinese.” “Provided the regime isn’t changed, I have no chance of going back to Hong Kong.” “I miss my hometown, my friends and my family, but I need to be able speak out freely.” “One day if the regime changes, we could be back in Hong Kong with democracy and freedom.” “I will continue to speak out for those people who can’t speak in Hong Kong.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Ros Taylor. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Audio production by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.0	Hong Kong to China. Back then, the two agreed that for the next 50 years, Hong Kong would
1:19.9	enjoy a high degree of autonomy from China.
1:23.2	That promise was broken.
1:25.2	China is not just shackling Hong Kong, it is remaking it, said the economists last year.
1:30.7	Pro-democracy activists have been jailed. There are restrictions on who can vote. China has shut
1:36.1	down independent media outlets. It's reforming schools to ensure the curriculum is pro-Chinese.
1:42.1	And because the Sino-British Joint Declaration was
1:44.5	broken, in January last year Britain started offering Hong Kong as born before
1:49.0	1997 the right to come and live in the UK.
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