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As landmark national security case concludes, Hong Kong turns the page on a troubled chapter
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Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong arriving at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre in Hong Kong after he remained in custody over the national security law charge, on March 2, 2021.
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With 45 political activists sentenced on Nov 19 for subversion
In the years leading up to and immediately after the city was mired in months-long anti-government protests in 2019, Hong Kong politics had been turbocharged, framed as a tussle between local reformists and Beijing-backed lawmakers.
