The Impossible City: A Hong Kong memoir

Author and journalist Karen Cheung says her hometown is being transformed into a place she barely recognizes. Cheung speaks with The World’s host Carol Hills from Hong Kong and explains how everyday life has changed for the city’s residents since Beijing’s crackdown on opposition activists and ordinary citizens.

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