Hong Kong police placed bounties on eight prominent democracy activists in self-imposed exile overseas on July 3, offering HK$1 million ($127,603) rewards each for information leading to their arrests. Host Marco Werman speaks with democracy activist Anna Kwok, one of the eight, who has said she will never stop fighting for the values she believes in.
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