HONG KONG —As the clock counts down to her finally leaving Hong Kong, Judy is riddled with self-doubt and guilt over the gut-wrenching decision to move her family to the other side of the world for a new life in Britain.
Over the past few years, the 36-year-old mum of two has looked on as authorities dismissed successive waves of pro-democracy protests and then went after those who took part in them.
When Britain introduced visas offering a pathway to citizenship to any Hong Konger born before the city’s 1997 handover to China, Judy and her husband decided to take the plunge.
The former public affairs officer quit her job and the family is preparing to depart in April.
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