Foreign Correspondent: Aug 1

This week on Foreign Correspondent the ABC’s East Asia correspondent Kathleen Calderwood reports on the new Hong Kong where freedoms have been curtailed, where the economy is struggling and where mainland Chinese are being encouraged to resettle.

Hong Kong is a changed city. Five years after a record number of anti-government demonstrators engulfed the streets, the protest movement is now effectively silenced. With activists either fleeing the country or ending up in jail, the city is being remade.

Kathleeen also reports from Taiwan where many thousands of people have taken refuge, some still fearful they will face repercussions if they speak out against Beijing.

8pm Thursday on ABC.