China imposes sweeping security law on Hong Kong
Pro-China supporters carrying a Chinese flag during a rally in Hong Kong yesterday. China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee unanimously approved a national security law for Hong Kong prohibiting acts of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security. – EPA pic, July 1, 2020.
CHINA imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong yesterday, dramatically tightening its grip on the semi-autonomous city in a historic move decried by Western nations as a threat to the financial hub’s freedoms. Described by Beijing as a “sword” hanging over the heads of those endangering national security, the law took effect hours after it was signed by President Xi Jinping and just six weeks since it was first unveiled.
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