From Freedom swimmers’ fleeing China to fears of Hong Kong being swamped with migrants, a history of city’s border controls

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For most of Hong Kong’s modern history, a virtually open frontier existed with the rest of China. From the mid-19th century onwards, people flowed into and out of Hong Kong with China’s poli­tical, social and economic upheavals, with almost non-existent immigration controls on either side.

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2126847/freedom-swimmers-fleeing-china-fears-hong-kong-being-swamped

Article by Jason Wordie

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