The Week (US)

What freedoms do Hong Kongers still enjoy?

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Hong Kong is a powerhouse of internatio­nal finance, with a thriving community of foreign businesspe­ople. It has a vigorous free press, and unlike on the mainland, its 7 million people have the right to demonstrat­e. Hong Kongers have their own passports. Residents of the city are not subject to China’s oppressive “social credit” system, which assesses each citizen’s trustworth­iness with a numerical score and denies travel and other privileges to those who don’t measure up. But the boundary between Hong Kong and the mainland is beginning to blur, as Beijing builds physical connection­s to Hong Kong Island.

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