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This is John Bachelors, speaking with my friend Mark Simon, formerly of Appaldaily

in Hong Kong with Gordon Chang.

I asked, what's the change in Hong Kong?

Jimmy Lied jailed the Appaldaily suppressed people under threat.

And Mark's response anecdotal as it is is grim.

This is one of the gems of the Earth, Hong Kong.

Now reduced to fear.

Here's Mark.

There is a sense around Hong Kong you don't talk politics.

And there's also a very clear division in Hong Kong.

In other words, the pro-government people almost live behind walls.

Now they don't come out.

They don't see people.

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