Changed Lives In Hong Kong: Why Have They Chosen To Stay? | Year Of Ren Yin | CNA Documentary

From the team that brought you One Way (   • One Way Ticket Out Of Hong Kong: Our ...  ), the story about Hong Kong’s great exodus, a new documentary about the people who have chosen to stay in a city that is increasingly beyond their recognition.

The Chinese calendar Year of Ren Yin occurs once in 60 years. It often brings drastic changes to Hong Kong. In 1842, China lost the Opium War, and Hong Kong became a British colony. In 2022, After a political crackdown prompted a mass exodus, China is free to remould Hong Kong in its own image.

Transformation creates dislocation: A photographer-turned-taxi driver is again the at risk of losing his livelihood after the city shuts nightlife in a vain attempt to achieve zero-COVID. A Japanese bartender is forced out of work and questions the future for his career and his family. A high-profile journalist tries to stay true to his mission. A mainland Chinese migrant who’s found career success in Hong Kong is confronted with little recognition from her family back home.

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