China has made clear it wants new security legislation passed after Hong Kong was rocked by seven months of massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests last year.
China's parliament said it will introduce a proposal Friday for a national security law in Hong Kong at its annual session, in a move the US warned would be"highly destabilising" for the financial hub.
China's parliament considers it"necessary to improve and uphold the 'One Country, Two Systems' policy," Zhang said, referring to the arrangement that has underpinned the city's liberties and free market economy. The city enjoys freedoms unseen on the Chinese mainland which are protected by an agreement made before former colonial power Britain handed the territory back to Beijing in 1997.
US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus warned that imposing such a law on Hong Kong would be"highly destabilising, and would be met with strong condemnation from the United States and the international community"."I don't know what it is, because nobody knows yet. If it happens, we'll address that issue very strongly," Trump said.Hong Kong's largest pro-Beijing political party DAB was quick to voice its support for the"responsible move".
"First, Beijing does not believe that security law can make it through HK's Legco, at least not without a major political storm, and second, protests and dissent has made the legislation of this law more urgent." The US Congress late last year angered China by passing a law that would strip Hong Kong's preferential trading status if it is no longer considered autonomous from the mainland.US senators on Thursday also introduced legislation to impose sanctions on any entity involved in curbing Hong Kong's autonomy.
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