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Police and water cannon trucks patrol streets near the official ceremony AFP/ISAAC LAWRENCE
01 Jul 2021 12:13PM (Updated:
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HONG KONG: Police were out in force across Hong Kong on Thursday (Jul 1), ready to stamp down on any sign of dissent as China s Communist Party celebrated its centenary, in a vivid illustration of how the once-outspoken finance hub has been muzzled.
The grand celebrations in Beijing coincided with the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong s 1997 handover to China by colonial Britain.
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