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Hong Kong a deeply divided city 20 years after handover

Published Tue, Jun 27, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    Hong Kong

    WHEN Xi Jinping lands in Hong Kong on Thursday for the first time since becoming China's president, he will step into a deeply divided city uncertain of its future.

    The visit marks 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain, and comes at a time when many fear the semi-autonomous city's freedoms are being lost to an ever more assertive Beijing.

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