Bernard Chan

HARDtalk is in Hong Kong to meet Bernard Chan, Convenor of the Executive Council. What does the situation there tell us about the direction that China as a whole is moving towards?

HARDtalk's Zeinab Badawi is in Hong Kong to speak to Bernard Chan who sits on the territory's Executive Council. There have been complaints by pro-democracy activists that Beijing is increasing its control of the region and eroding its freedoms in contravention of the 1997 handover agreement between Britain and China. How much autonomy does Hong Kong really enjoy and what does the situation there tell us about the direction that China as a whole is moving towards?

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30 minutes