There has been a slow strangling of freedom ( in the territory where pro-democracy activists have been convicted; an annual vigil for the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing in 1989 has been replaced by a food fair. A boom in startups suggests America is recovering its pioneering spirit ( (8:06). And remembering June Mendoza ( portrait painter to the royals, and the less well-known (16:28).
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The Big Gag: Hong Kong’s Crackdown On Freedom For Country: United States. City: Alexandria, Irvine, Tacoma, Temecula, Tucson
