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Emily Lau

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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 late-night radio 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.

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February 25, 1997: Hong Kong - Emily Lau

Feb 25, 1997

2h 55m

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,...