Hong Kong has put economic development and livelihood issues at the top of the agenda since the return to stability

In this first of a two-part series, we look at the workings of the law and how ‘soft resistance’ signals a next phase, and more importantly, as the focus shifts squarely to the economy.

A year after being arrested under Hong Kong’s domestic security law, former district councillor and theatre personality Katrina Chan Kim-kam has not been charged but feels society has already punished her.

Two theatre companies she worked with dropped her. An academic institution acted on an anonymous complaint and terminated her part-time teaching job, with no room to appeal.

Earlier this month, she was told to withdraw from a play she had been rehearsing since April for its November opening.