Journalist and NPR's former China correspondent Louisa Lim talks about the evolution of Hong Kong's civic life since China tightened its grip in 2019.

And, you know, the biggest example of that is Hong Kong was a British colony for 156 years. CHANG: Right.

The Hong Kong booksellers are a good example - they vanished in 2016 after having sold disparaging books on Beijing’s leadership, only to be charged for unrelated crimes on the mainland.