HONG KONG - Prominent pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, who recently revealed that she had left Hong Kong to study in Canada with no plans to return, recalled in an online interview on Wednesday that agreeing to spend time in mainland China before her departure overseas was a high-stakes decision for her.
"It was a gamble (for me) in order to go to Canada. I was scared," the 27-year-old said, speaking of her experience of staying in mainland China as a condition imposed by the Hong Kong police for studying overseas.

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