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Liu Linna and Yang Kuang were introduced by mutual friends in 2013. They married that year, but being together proved difficult because of their efforts to highlight human rights abuses. (Photos by Wichan Charoenkiartpakun)
Political activists Liu Linna and Yeung Hung met on Valentine’s Day in China two years ago and their romance blossomed, eventually leading to marriage.
Their relationship was based on their shared beliefs, but divided by where they lived.
Liu, better known as Liu Sha Sha, was a mainlander who had questioned the Beijing authorities for decades. Yeung, who identified himself to Spectrum as Yang Kuang, was a Hong Kong resident banned from travelling to mainland China.
But late last year following the pro-democracy Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong, the couple decided they wanted to be together for good.
