SYDNEY -- In 2019, Hong Kong native Emily traveled 4,500 miles to begin her university studies in Australia with dreams of building a career back home after graduating. What happened next changed all that.
Hong Kong's widespread pro-democracy protests that year sparked a crackdown by China and city authorities that led to arrests, jail terms and the 2020 implementation of the National Security Law, a sweeping but vaguely worded bill that criminalizes most forms of dissent.
