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Barred from mainland China for more than 20 years, opposition Hong Kong politician Cheung Man-kwong visits Guangdong
Veteran Democrat Cheung Man-kwong makes a day trip to Guangdong more than two decades after Beijing invalidated his home-return permit
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Democratic Party veteran Cheung Man-kwong – barred from entering the mainland for more than two decades – is the latest opposition politician to have crossed the border since Beijing extended an olive branch.
His home return permit was invalidated in the wake of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, but he obtained a new permit in April and on Friday made a day trip to Taishan, the hometown of his late father, in Guangdong province.
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“It feels good that finally I will be able to travel freely on the mainland.”
It feels good that finally I will be able to travel freely on the mainland
Cheung is a key member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which organises the annual candlelight vigil for victims of the crackdown.
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Home return permits are required by Hongkongers to enter the mainland and are issued to permanent identity card holders.
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