Biography:
I'm a multimedia journalist based in Hong Kong currently working at the Asia-Pacific video desk of Agence France-Presse. For the past eight years, I've been covering politics and social issues in Hong Kong and the greater China region. My...
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In this photo taken on October 18, 2020 a visitor stands in front of a picture of a stamp during colonial time at "The Hong Kong Story" exhibition on its last day of opening before a two-year revamp, at the Hong Kong History Museum in Hong Kong. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo by YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
A vendor arranges fresh copies of the Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong early on August 11, 2020, with a front page photo of its founder Jimmy Lai being escorted through the paper's newsroom by police following his arrest under the new national security law. - Hong Kongers queued to snap up copies of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on August 11, the day after police arrested its owner and raided its offices in the latest operation targeting China's critics in the city. The headline in red reads "Apple will strive on" and headline on the top reads "200 police searched Next Media, arrested Jimmy Lai" (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo by YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
In this photo taken on October 18, 2020 visitors take pictures of materials showing the city's former governor Chris Patten at "The Hong Kong Story" exhibition on its last day of opening before a two-year revamp, at the Hong Kong History Museum in Hong Kong. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo by YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
In a picture taken on June 16, 2019, protesters gather to commemorate a protester who fell to his death the night before in Hong Kong. - Hong Kong opposition groups on June 20 called for another major demonstration after the pro-Beijing government did not respond to demands of protesters who have shaken the city with massive rallies. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo credit should read YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
In this picture taken on March 16, 2019, Muhammad Arshad (front R), chief imam of Kowloon Mosque, leads a special prayer for the victims of the Christchurch mass shooting in New Zealand, at Kowloon Masjid & Islamic Centre in Hong Kong. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo credit should read YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
People light candles as they attend a vigil in Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020, after the annual remembrance that traditionally takes place in the park to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown was banned on public health grounds because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. - Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong lit candles and chanted democracy slogans on June 4 to commemorate China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo by YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
Participants hold a large rainbow flag as they take part in the annual pride parade at Victoria park in Hong Kong on November 17, 2018. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo credit should read YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
In this photo taken on April 6, 2019, Occupy Central co-founder Benny Tai (R) speaks to attendees at the Kowloon Union Church in Hong Kong, to pray for nine pro-democracy activists who will return to court on April 9 and learn the verdict on their "public nuisance" charges. - The nine pro-democracy activists including law professor Benny Tai, 54, sociology professor Chan Kin-man, 59 and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, face "public nuisance" charges over their involvement in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests calling for political reform in Hong Kong. (Photo by Yan ZHAO / AFP) (Photo credit should read YAN ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
Established in 1928, Yuet Tung China Works was Hong Kong's first hand-painted porcelain factory. The "Made in Hong Kong" brand suffers as US-China tensions deepen and the United States required the city's foods for export to be relabelled as "made in China" from November 9, 2020.