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Emily Lau

Emily Lau

1 archived appearance · 1997

Investigation

Emily Lau is a pro-democracy politician and elected member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council known as "The Iron Lady of Hong Kong" for her outspoken advocacy of civil liberties. As a guest on Art Bell's programs in the months before the 1997 handover to China, she warned of Beijing's plans to repeal Hong Kong's civil liberties protections and dissolve its democratically elected legislature.

On the air with Art · 1

  1. Feb 25, 1997 · 2h 55m

    Hong Kong

    Emily Lau, an elected member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and outspoken pro-democracy advocate known as the Iron Lady of Hong Kong, speaks with Art Bell just months before the July 1997 handover to China. Lau describes the National People's Congress decision to repeal Hong Kong's civil liberties protections,...