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In this picture taken on May 27, 2017, Dora, an administrator in a university's clinical department, poses while wearing a T-shirt with a British national flag design in Hong Kong. When asked whether she prefers Hong Kong before or after the 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule, she replied, "Prefer the freedom of speech, freedom of press and freedom of association to a greater extent under the British colonial rule, than now." From its rattling trams and racecourses to its legal system and the ubiquitous consumption of Spam, Britain's colonial legacy still resonates through Hong Kong. But almost 20 years since the city was handed back to China under a deal that made it semi-autonomous, colonial emblems have become a symbol of protest. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE / TO GO WITH Hong Kong-China-Britain-politics-history-culture-handover, FEATURE by Laura MANNERING (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

In this picture taken on May 27, 2017, Dora, an administrator in a university's clinical department, poses while wearing a T-shirt with a British national flag design in Hong Kong. When asked whether she prefers Hong Kong before or after the 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule, she replied, "Prefer the freedom of speech, freedom of press and freedom of association to a greater extent under the British colonial rule, than now." From its rattling trams and racecourses to its legal system and the ubiquitous consumption of Spam, Britain's colonial legacy still resonates through Hong Kong. But almost 20 years since the city was handed back to China under a deal that made it semi-autonomous, colonial emblems have become a symbol of protest. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE / TO GO WITH Hong Kong-China-Britain-politics-history-culture-handover, FEATURE by Laura MANNERING (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)
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