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Ben Olmsted is a tree-hugging, bleeding-heart liberal Californian who has chosen Hong Kong as his adopted home since 1995.

Are Hongkongers really free if we can’t marry the partner of our choice?

by Ben Olmsted14:39, 15 June 201721:19, 31 March 2020

I wish everyone in Hong Kong would take a step back and ask themselves: “Are we free?” Sure, we have many freedoms living in Hong Kong. We have freedoms they don’t have in Mainland China. We even have freedoms people don’t have in some Western countries. But do those freedoms define what freedom really is? […]

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