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The last real moment before an algorithmic clampdown that an artist could use the internet to blow their personality to kaiju levels and set it loose on the general public.

But the arrival in the UK of many young pro-democracy activists from Hong Kong, following Beijing's clampdown, has heightened the concerns.

Tensions deepened after the government shelved EU-membership talks with Brussels, triggering months of street protests that have dwindled recently amid a clampdown on opposition politicians, critical journalists and activists.

He was admired on the one hand for his no-nonsense drive to stamp out corruption but criticised on the other for his authoritarian clampdown on dissent and controversial attitude towards the Covid pandemic.

The arrest came shortly as Amnesty International warned of increased rights violations, including the abductions of senior opposition officials, and a clampdown on civic space.