After five months of being at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic, new infections in Hong Kong have slowed to a trickle, and the city is slowly getting back to normal. Which, these days, means protests. Analysis by jgriffiths
Hong Kong After five months of being at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic, new infections in Hong Kong have slowed to a trickle, and the city is slowly getting back to normal. Which, these days, means protests.
Many are not waiting for the final coronavirus restrictions to be lifted. During protests over the weekend, police arrested some 230 people on a variety of charges, including unlawful assembly and refusing to abide by social distancing regulations.
Claudia Mo:"Hong Kong anthem bill is a political weapon to help shut down the Hong Kong opposition." 03:44No disrespect The proposed law mirrors legislation passed in Beijing in September 2017, amid widespread anger in the mainland at Hong Kong football fans booing the country's national anthem during international matches. But it has taken almost three years for the same rules to be applied in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong football fans boo China's anthem 01:16Sweeping powersPassage of the law seems inevitable without the kind of radical action taken by protesters last year to block the extradition bill. Opposition lawmakers do not have the numbers to block the law, and while filibustering and other procedural tactics have succeeded in slowing it in the committee stage, they have largely run their course.
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