Hong Kongers mourn a city that is a shell of its former self

washington — Zooming through Hong Kong traffic on the way to school every morning, Joey Siu often found herself flipping through various newspapers. Some were pro-democracy, others pro-government, but they were all readily available in the lobby of her apartment building and all over the city. “That’s something that we grew up having such an abundant access to,” Siu said. “That became such an essential part of our identity.” Now an exiled Hong Kong activist based in Washington, Siu looks back with nostalgia on that daily ritual.