Hong Kong fears freedoms will end as new law looms

With Beijing's sweeping security law set to pass this week, many protesters accept that one country, two systems' is over

To Jennifer Tsui, the looming national security law agreed last month by China's legislature seems like the real" return of Hong Kong to China.

When Hong Kong reverted from British to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997, Tsui, then a student, was apprehensive, but her worries were allayed when things appeared almost unchanged after the handover. Hongkongers were assured their lifestyle would remain unchanged until at least 2047 under the one country two systems" policy guaranteed in the Sino-British joint declaration.