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Jackie Chan, Andy Lau Celebrate China’s Communist Party Anniversary as Hong Kongers Are Arrested
Rebecca Davis editorTwenty-four years ago, on the evening that the U.K. handed political control of Hong Kong to China in 1997, Hong Kong leading man and Cantopop superstar Andy Lau performed in state broadcaster CCTV’s song-and-dance spectacular to mark the occasion.As the camera panned through an audience waving both Chinese and Hong Kong flags, he sang a dulcet duet with Chinese singer Na Ying of one of iconic Taiwanese singer-songwriter Lo Ta-yu’s most famous songs, “Pearl of the Orient.”Lo had written the song in 1986 as an ode to Hong Kong and its unique identity as a haven and hub between east and west.
