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"It’s been five years since Beijing imposed a harsh new national security law
on Hong Kong. During this time, the law has fundamentally altered the
city-state, prompting scores of pro-democracy leaders to flee overseas and
instilling a climate of fear and repression that has quashed any opposition to
the communist government in Beijing.
The law came after months of mass protests in 2019 and 2020 over a bill that
would have allowed suspects to be extradited from Hong Kong to mainland China.
That bill was withdrawn, but Beijing did not scale back its ambitions. Instead,
it introduced the national security law in June 2020, bypassing Hong Kong’s
legislature. The law prohibits anything deemed by Beijing to constitute
secession, subversion, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces.
The law also allows certain national security cases to be transferred to
mainland courts, achieving by decree what the failed extradition bill had
attempted to do."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
