Hong Kong exodus
Hours earlier than the nationwide safety legislation was enacted, Nathan Regulation, who was the youngest lawmaker elected to the Hong Kong legislature in 2016, went into exile within the U.Okay.
Not like others who’re preserving a low profile, Regulation says he has made it his mission to proceed advocating for democracy in Hong Kong.
“The challenges that I face as a political activist in Hong Kong are completely different from the challenges I face as an exile activist,” he says from London. “I’ve to speak to policy-makers, discuss to the media to elucidate issues in a means that they perceive — and to attach what I need them to do to their very own curiosity.”
Regardless of these adjustments, each in the place he lives and the work he does, Regulation says he’s attempting to adapt.
“I feel it’s a really rewarding journey for me,” he says.
In different methods, nevertheless, it’s simpler to get media consideration in London than in Hong Kong, as press freedom has plummeted alongside the upswing of China’s affect, in accordance with Reporters With out Borders.
In 2002, when the Press Freedom Index was first printed, Hong Kong was ranked 18 out of 180 nations. Final yr it plunged to 80, and this yr it sits at 148.
China, in the meantime, is ranked at 176.
