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the minister of humanitarian affairs told journalists that more than 1.3 million people had been displaced in the worst now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in the increasingly overt struggle between western liberal democracy and authoritarianism, hong kongs position is unique. it is chinese sovereign territory granted special autonomous status under a handover deal done with britain. many hong kongers hoped that deal would guarantee theirfreedoms, but...

my guest is ted hui, a hong kong pro—democracy politician exiled in australia and convicted in absentia by a hong kong court. has beijing neutralised hong kongs dissenters? thank you. my pleasure to talk to you. you, of course, arejoining me from australia because you fled from your home, from hong kong, in late 2021, and you said you left with a very heavy heart. did you also leave with a sense of defeat? i dont, because... its common that people might think that way. its like an es...

Chinese economic power. now that youre sitting there as a pro—democracy democracy activist in exile in australia, you tell me — what do you make of the worlds ability and determination to stand up for, quote—unquote, freedom in the face of economic pressure from beijing? im thinking notjust of extradition treaties, but im thinking of what some say is a worrying trend towards self—censorship, from university campuses to journalism to a whole host of figures who now are very careful about ...