Pandemic and politics leave HK's poor languishing


Rainbow is seen with her four-year-old daughter. Rainbow’s family, like many households in Hong Kong, have been struggling to make ends meet due to the pandemic and the political climate of the city. - EPA pic, July 21, 2021.

SQUEEZED into a tiny temporary apartment, Rainbow and her family struggle to make ends meet in Hong Kong, where the number of households in poverty has soared during recent political turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic.

For much of the last year, Rainbow’s electrician husband left their 27 square-meter studio flat each morning to look for work. Most days he returns empty-handed.


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