Two years ago, Hong Kong saw its biggest annual population drop since its record keeping

started.

Tens of thousands of residents left the Asian financial hub because of its strict COVID-19 policies and a crackdown on civil the

Asian financial hub because of its strict COVID-19 policies and a crackdown on civil liberties by Beijing.

Special correspondent Christopher Booker spent some time in New York's Finger Lakes district

with one American couple who were part of this exodus.

His report is part of our arts and culture series, Canvas.

On the main street of Honeyoy Falls Village sits an unlikely transplant, bleak house books.

Inside, memories of its first life, a continent away.

This is the layout of the old store?

Yes.

That's where I used to set to do my work,

so it says, the old bookseller is crump utable.

From the mural overhead to the art on the walls,

owners Albert Wahn and Jenny Smith pay tribute to the art on the walls. Owners Albert Wan and Jenny Smith pay tribute to the independent bookstore's original Hong Kong location.

We tried to bring a little bit of Hong Kong with us.

You know, we didn't want to leave.

It's an extension of our home and it's a sign of respect.

All the people who have supported her old bookshop.

Bleak House Book's journey began in 2016

when the couple said goodbye to their home in Atlanta.

Smith, a historian, had a job waiting for her at a Hong Kong university,

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