As landmark national security case concludes, Hong Kong turns the page on a troubled chapter

By The Straits Times | Created at 2024-11-23 09:30:48 | Updated at 2024-11-23 21:58:18 12 hours ago
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With 45 political activists sentenced on Nov 19 for subversion, Hong Kong hopes to turn the page on a troubled political phase, amid growing bread-and-butter preoccupations.

In the years leading up to and immediately after the city was mired in months-long anti-government protests in 2019, Hong Kong politics had been turbocharged, framed as a tussle between local reformists and Beijing-backed lawmakers.

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