Hong Kong Activist Struggles After Flight to London

LONDON - “Now all I want to do is try everything possible with the goal to eventually return home. I think this is the desire for a lot of Hong Kongers in exile.” 

Lee Ka-wai, a 25-year-old former district councilor in Hong Kong, left the former British colony in March to forge a new identity in London where he’s trying to figure out what to do next after a working life in journalism and community activism. Lee became district councilor for Tuen Mun District in November 2019, when 452 seats on the local advisory body were up for grabs across Hong Kong. The direct vote, a landslide victory for the pro-democracy opposition, came after months of demonstrations and protests by Hong Kongers who objected to China’s tightening grip.