HARDtalk
HARDtalk
BBC World Service
Anson Chan - Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, 1993-2001
24 minutes Posted Sep 16, 2019 at 1:00 am.
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Extraordinary events have become the norm in the last three months in Hong Kong. The territory has become a cockpit of political protest and sporadic violence as many thousands continue to demand democratic reform. Stephen Sackur interviews Anson Chan; she was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong during the handover from British to Chinese rule. She is still close to the centre of the storm, as Beijing now accuses her of fomenting the protest. Is Hong Kong’s fragile status quo irretrievably broken?