ronnie long was 20 years old when he was wrongfully convicted. w 65 and has finally been exonerated. he joins us now from durham, north carolina. ronnie, welcome back -- welcome to democracy now! for the first time. how does it feel to be free? mean, really talking about coming out of restraints, being restrained and being able to get up and what you want to do without somebody telling you what to do? life right now as it is? you have people here trying to adapt. i mean, it is great for me. it is a blessing. miraculous. blessed to even be sitting here right now. to votet was it like for the first time, ronnie long? blacks.ot a lot of they don't even believe in that vote thing. number one, they feel there is no use. they say capitalist. the capitalists, they're going to put who they want in there anyway. but this year was the first time i ever voted. never been --i've been putting emphasis on it. older, likee become i said, i was locked up around 20 years old. ,s i got older, when i got out is in serioustem need for reform. i urge young blacks, old

joining us is hung long properties chairman ronnie chan. great to see you.he moment? ronnie: ok. hong kong is much better than last year. covid slowed things down, but otherwise society is pretty calm. emily: what about your -- rishaad: what about your business itself. how is that reshaping the way you look at the industry itself now, and how you lease properties? --cel: ronnie: hong kong commercial properties are hurt. mainland china is booming, so a little over half my business is fantastic. the other half is dashing hong kong. rishaad: with all of that in mind, do you bureau away from your traditional business, or are you going to concentrate on your tour activities from before? from last 20 years, hang lung has been concentrated on real estate development on the mainland. we have not bought a piece of land in hong kong in a long time. in hong kong, we are only positive about the luxury residential sector. the commercial, the shops, are really hurt. offices are weak but not seriously hurt. we have been concentrating for 20 years on the mainland, and we ar

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