"When I escaped from China and came to Hong Kong, the contrast was that China was like hell and Hong Kong, like heaven. Though I was very poor, I smelled the air of freedom and was full of hope for the future. Thatâs the way I thought heaven is."
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November 01, 2014 âNever Discouragedâ: Pro-Democracy Newspaperman Joins Hong Kong Student Protesters
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