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Fall of Hong Kong's opposition camp: mass arrests in era of protests and national security law

SHARE By , Published July 12, 2021 The fortunes of Hong Kong’s opposition camp, once a robust and potent force, have plunged dramatically in the year since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the city. Most of the camp’s prominent leaders have either been jailed or remanded in custody for their participation in the 2019 anti-government protests or for activism, while some have fled overseas. A number also announced they had quit politics for good. Police warned repeatedly there would be no tolerance for law breaking and they would act decisively against potential offenders, whether of the national security law or other ordinances, to maintain order in Hong Kong.

With just $21 he sailed to a new life in America with a tiny wooden boat

With just $21 he sailed to a new life in America with a tiny wooden boat CNN 2 hrs ago © Courtesy of Eddie Fong Sitting in Eddie Fong s living room in Palo Alto is a 55-year-old model of a traditional Chinese junk boat. © Courtesy of Eddie Fong Treadwell and Fong stand with the model of Little Duck. Its presence symbolizes a series of unlikely events that brought Fong, now 81, away from his birthplace Hong Kong to the United States in the 1960s, thanks to a chance encounter with a retired Oakland detective that developed into an ambitious plan to sail across the Pacific Ocean to California on a life-sized junk boat.

How a failed journey to California aboard a Chinese junk boat led to a lifelong friendship

How a failed journey to California aboard a Chinese junk boat led to a lifelong friendship Sitting in Eddie Fong’s living room in Palo Alto is a 55-year-old model of a traditional Chinese junk boat. Its presence symbolizes a series of unlikely events that brought Fong, now 81, away from his birthplace Hong Kong to the United States in the 1960s, thanks to a chance encounter with a retired Oakland detective that developed into an ambitious plan to sail across the Pacific Ocean to California on a life-sized junk boat. Before speaking to CNN Travel, Fong texted us a spoiler alert: “I need to tell you ahead of the time. We didn’t make the entire trip to California.”

How a failed journey to California aboard a Chinese junk boat led to a lifelong friendship

How a failed journey to California aboard a Chinese junk boat led to a lifelong friendship
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With just $21 he sailed to a new life in America with a tiny wooden boat

With just $21 he sailed to a new life in America with a tiny wooden boat
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