Former US consul general Gregory May on his tenure and a changing Hong Kong

‘Hong Kong fundamentally, is not the free society that it used to be.’

Originally published on Global Voices

Gregory May, the former US consul general of Hong Kong and Macau, at his home on June 29, 2025. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

This report was written by Hillary Leung and published in Hong Kong Free Press on July 6, 2025. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement with Global Voices.

When Gregory May came to Hong Kong in 1992, he stayed at Chungking Mansions ...