Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of Britain handing over Hong Kong to China. The city plans a major celebration of the change that took place on July 1, 1997. The Chinese military will hold a huge fireworks show, and Chinese President Xi Jinping is making a state visit starting Thursday. But, as the city prepares, not everyone is welcoming the events. Twenty-three-year-old Nathan Law is Hong Kong’s youngest-ever lawmaker. He is a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. “People are not celebrating but worrying about Hong Kong’s future and its current situation,” he told the Associated Press. Law was a student leader in the huge pro-democracy demonstrations that took place in 2014. Those demonstrations failed to change the election process for Hong Kong’s chief executive. Carrie Lam will be sworn-in as Chief Executive of the Special Administrative Region on July 1.
Title: Protesters Arrested Days Before Hong Kong Marks 20 Years Under China
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1954/Hong_Kong_Protests.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Protesters Arrested Days Before Hong Kong Marks 20 Years Under China' data-article-id='2471'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7792'>Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of Britain handing over Hong Kong to China.</span> <span data-start-time='7792' data-end-time='17750'>The city plans a major celebration of the change that took place on July 1, 1997.</span> <span data-start-time='17750' data-end-time='31271'>The Chinese military will hold a huge fireworks show, and Chinese President Xi Jinping is making a state visit starting Thursday.</span> <span data-start-time='31271' data-end-time='38833'>But, as the city prepares, not everyone is welcoming the events.</span> <span data-start-time='38833' data-end-time='46229'>Twenty-three-year-old Nathan Law is Hong Kong’s youngest-ever lawmaker.</span> <span data-start-time='46229' data-end-time='51417'>He is a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council.</span> <span data-start-time='51417' data-end-time='62854'>“People are not celebrating but worrying about Hong Kong’s future and its current situation,” he told the Associated Press.</span> <span data-start-time='62854' data-end-time='72708'>Law was a student leader in the huge pro-democracy demonstrations that took place in 2014. </span> <span data-start-time='72708' data-end-time='81938'>Those demonstrations failed to change the election process for Hong Kong’s chief executive.</span> <span data-start-time='81938' data-end-time='91375'>Carrie Lam will be sworn-in as Chief Executive of the Special Administrative Region on July 1.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1954/Hong_Kong_Protests.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8917 data-hint-location='72708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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