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Mass arrests. Newspaper raids. Banned protests. Activists fleeing into exile. A curriculum designed to brainwash. The Telegraph’s award-winning China Correspondent Sophia Yan tells the inside story of how life in Hong Kong was turned upside down in just one year.

In this first episode, listen in as Hong Kong is engulfed by the biggest pro-democracy protests in its modern history. Hopes rise that people power will win the day and safeguard the city’s unique way of life, but Beijing has other plans.

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