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January 16, 2020

Life on the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border

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After a day of fishing, Andrew Kwok returns home to his farmhouse in Lok Ma Chau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam tends to vegetables in her garden at Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam in her garden at Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam's husband walks back to their house in Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Chan Chi-yung watches television at his grandparents' house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing's granddaughter smiles as she waits for dinner to be served while visiting her grandparents' house at Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing prepares a crab, which she caught with her husband earlier that day in Shenzhen Bay, at her house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing cooks dinner for her family at her house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Chan Chi-Yung looks at the Shenzhen Bay bridge from his grandparent's house in Hang Hau village, Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Sunset in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Shenzhen River, the border river that divides Hong Kong (left) and Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Two performers outside a shopping mall near the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Lo Wu Immigration control point in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Clothes hang from a border fence, with Hong Kong in the distance, in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Chinese and Hong Kong flags hang over houses in Law Liu village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

A high rise in Shenzhen seen through buildings in Tsung Yuen Ha village in Hong Kong, China. Photo: Reuters

After a day of fishing, Andrew Kwok returns home to his farmhouse in Lok Ma Chau village in Hong...After a day of fishing, Andrew Kwok returns home to his farmhouse in Lok Ma Chau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

January 16, 2020

Life on the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border

More than two decades after Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997, a long border fence still...

After a day of fishing, Andrew Kwok returns home to his farmhouse in Lok Ma Chau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam tends to vegetables in her garden at Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam in her garden at Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam's husband walks back to their house in Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Chan Chi-yung watches television at his grandparents' house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing's granddaughter smiles as she waits for dinner to be served while visiting her grandparents' house at Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing prepares a crab, which she caught with her husband earlier that day in Shenzhen Bay, at her house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing cooks dinner for her family at her house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Chan Chi-Yung looks at the Shenzhen Bay bridge from his grandparent's house in Hang Hau village, Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Sunset in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Shenzhen River, the border river that divides Hong Kong (left) and Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Two performers outside a shopping mall near the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Lo Wu Immigration control point in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Clothes hang from a border fence, with Hong Kong in the distance, in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Chinese and Hong Kong flags hang over houses in Law Liu village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

A high rise in Shenzhen seen through buildings in Tsung Yuen Ha village in Hong Kong, China. Photo: Reuters

After a day of fishing, Andrew Kwok returns home to his farmhouse in Lok Ma Chau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam tends to vegetables in her garden at Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam in her garden at Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Lam's husband walks back to their house in Shun Yee San village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Chan Chi-yung watches television at his grandparents' house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing's granddaughter smiles as she waits for dinner to be served while visiting her grandparents' house at Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing prepares a crab, which she caught with her husband earlier that day in Shenzhen Bay, at her house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Leung Wong-hing cooks dinner for her family at her house in Hang Hau village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Chan Chi-Yung looks at the Shenzhen Bay bridge from his grandparent's house in Hang Hau village, Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Sunset in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Shenzhen River, the border river that divides Hong Kong (left) and Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Two performers outside a shopping mall near the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Lo Wu Immigration control point in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Clothes hang from a border fence, with Hong Kong in the distance, in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Reuters

Chinese and Hong Kong flags hang over houses in Law Liu village in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

A high rise in Shenzhen seen through buildings in Tsung Yuen Ha village in Hong Kong, China. Photo: Reuters

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