For the most part, London is a relatively safe city in a free country. But there are people living there who experience it very differently. One is Finn Lau. For him, London has become a threatening place. As he tells Michael Safi, he is a Hong Kong political activist in exile in the UK. For years now, he has been on a Chinese government list of serious criminals and all day, every day – even though he is thousands of miles from Chinese territory – he feels as if he is being watched.
A few weeks ago, Lau woke to the news that Beijing had announced a reward of 1m Hong Kong dollars (around £100,000). That bounty is more than what the Hong Kong government is offering for fugitives accused of murder or for arsonists accused of killing 17 people. But Lau is determined not to give in – and he remains hopeful that one day he will be able to return home.
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