The Struggle for Hong Kong's Identity

This episode, we take measure of the economic impact of China's
stringent laws in Hong Kong and then take a deep dive into the
social and political costs of Beijing's crackdown on the special
administrative region.


First, digital editor Waj Khan lays out the big picture: What
ails the relationship between Beijing and Hong Kong? (02:25)
Next, business and markets reporter Jack Stone Truitt crunches
the numbers of the economic impact of the crackdown (05:49).
Then, Asia Stream correspondent Monica Hunter-Hart reports on how
activism, academia and the media have been affected (10:19),
interviewing former Hong Kong legislator and student protest
leader Nathan Law (13:03), professor Isabella Ng (18:16) and
journalist Lam Ying-pong (24:18). Finally, our deputy Big Story
editor, Alice French, reports with the weekly Tokyo Dispatch on
the Hong Kong diaspora as she talks to Pak Yiu (29:22).


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Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat S. Khan, our digital editor and
executive producer, and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart and Jack
Stone Truitt.


Related to this episode:


Hong Kong's identity in crisis after 25 years of Beijing rule, by
Pak Yiu


Hong Kong press freedom bruised a year after Apple Daily
shutdown, by Takeshi Kihara and Frances Cheung


Brain drain: Hong Kong political crackdown sparks scholar exodus,
by Frances Cheung and Takeshi Kihara