In August this year Agnes Chow crossed into mainland China filled with fear. The young activist was in the company of five national security police, taking her from her home in Hong Kong, on what she said was a “propaganda tour” organised by authorities in return for her being allowed to study overseas.
Police had told her the tour was mandatory if she wanted them to return her passport, which was confiscated years earlier as part of her bail conditions. Chow is a key figure in