Hong Kong officials marked the 23rd anniversary of the territory's return to China on Wednesday hours after Beijing's imposition of a new national security law that drew defiant protests and international condemnation.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam joined her predecessors and other officials at the harbour's edge for a flag-raising ceremony and a reception for specially-invited guests, as the territory's annual pro-democracy march was banned for the first time.

Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from Hong Kong.

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