China passes landmark legislation to force national security laws in Hong Kong, effectively crushing the city's autonomy
This new national security provisions would be added on to the Basic Law, Last week, Hong Kong's government signaled support for the legislature and Riot police scuffle with the public in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district on May 27 2020 after the announcement that China was seeking to pass new national security laws for the city.
Pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong tweeted that the move was "retaliation" for the last several months of protest spurred by the deeply unpopular Maya Wang, a senior China researcher for Human Rights Watch, said that the bill could spell the end of Hong Kong. "The end of Hong Kong is alarming not only for its people but also for the world," she said, according to
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