Hong Kong Migrants Seek Fresh Start in U.K. After Crackdown
Many who have left the city say they feel less like refugees than trailblazers, eager to build a new home after watching their old one slowly transform under Beijing.
The departures gate at Hong Kong International Airport last month. Since China introduced its sweeping national security law, tens of thousands of people have made plans to leave the city and start new lives elsewhere.Credit.Anthony Kwan for The New York Times
LONDON Lin Kwong had a good life in Hong Kong. She taught sports management part time at a college and chaired an amateur drama club. Her young son, Chee Yin, was doted on by his grandparents. She had friends and favorite restaurants. But in February, she made the difficult decision to leave it all behind.
Isabella Kwai and Alexandra Stevenson, The New York Times
Published: 12 Jul 2021 11:03 AM BdST
Updated: 12 Jul 2021 11:03 AM BdST Travelers wave goodbye to friends and family at the Hong Kong International Airport, June 24, 2021. In the year since China imposed a sweeping national security law on its territory of Hong Kong, a former British colony, tens of thousands of people have made plans to leave the city. (Anthony Kwan/The New York Times)
Lin Kwong had a good life in Hong Kong. She taught sports management part time at a college and chaired an amateur drama club. Her young son, Chee Yin, was doted on by his grandparents. She had friends and favourite restaurants. But in February, she made the difficult decision to leave it all behind.
IOC Accepts CCP’s Offer of China-Made Vaccines; Team Japan Declines
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the organization has agreed to purchase China’s COVID-19 vaccine to administer to willing participants at the Tokyo Olympics this summer and the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.
However, Japan’s athletes won’t be taking the China-made vaccines after the country’s Olympic committee said Japan wasn’t consulted regarding the IOC’s decision. The vaccine isn’t approved for use in Japan.
The IOC has said it will pay for Chinese vaccines for the teams participating in the Olympic Games but didn’t offer details about the cost or quantity. Bach also said that distribution of China’s vaccine will be through international agencies or existing agreements that countries have with China, according to The Associated Press.
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