On Friday, July 28, 2023, a Hong Kong court declined the government’s request to ban the popular protest anthem “Glory to Hong Kong,” according to The Washington Post.
Hong Kong is a special administrative region in China, which means it is semiautonomous and has its own form of government. Hong Kong used to be a British colony. Its semiautonomous status is set to expire in 2047; however, China has slowly begun to violate its autonomy already.
Officials in China wanted to ban the unofficial anthem from being shared, sung, or even performed anywhere in the semiautonomous city of Hong Kong.