LONDON -- When the Conservative government opened the U.K.'s doors to Hong Kongers in 2021, it probably had not calculated that this new community could determine its fate in some seats in a general election just three years later.
New BNO arrivals courted by British politicians as community grows
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Over 140,000 Hong Kongers who hold the British National Overseas passport can vote in general elections on July 4. (Source photos by Reuters and Ken Kobayashi)
LONDON -- When the Conservative government opened the U.K.'s doors to Hong Kongers in 2021, it probably had not calculated that this new community could determine its fate in some seats in a general election just three years later.