Hong Kong, A History of Defiance and the Fight for Free Speech

Ray Suarez talks with former NPR Beijing correspondent Louisa Lim about China’s brazen efforts to stamp out free speech in Hong Kong, the city she grew up in. Lim shares the experiences she chronicled in her book Indelible City, an emotional eyewitness account of the pro-democracy protests and a reflection on Hong Kong’s identity.

 

Guest:  

 

Louisa Lim, journalist and author of  “Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong” 

 

Host: 

 

Ray Suarez

 

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