Opinion: Hong Kong is lost | Opinion | opinion hong kong
Image:Reuters/T.SiuChinasNationalPeoplesCongressissettopassitsproposednew"securitylaw"thisweek[1],bypassingHongKonglawmakersand,aswidelyfearedbytheinternationalcommunity,effectivelyputtinganendtotheterritorysautonomy.Thelawwouldoutlawstatementsinfavorofdemocracy,libertyandhumanrights,brandingthemactsofsubversionorseditionthatundermineChinasnationalintegrity.Onceagain,ChinasautocratXiJinpingandhispartyleadersareviolatingHongKongsBasicLaw,themini-constitution,whichwasputinplacewhentheterritory...
Image: Reuters/T. SiuChinas National Peoples Congress is set to pass its proposed new "security law" this week[1], bypassing Hong Kong lawmakers and, as widely feared by the international community, effectively putting an end to the territorys autonomy.
The law would outlaw statements in favor of democracy, liberty and human rights, branding them acts of subversion or sedition that undermine Chinas national integrity.
Once again, Chinas autocrat Xi Jinping and his party leaders are violating Hong Kongs Basic Law, the mini-constitution, which was put in place when the territory was handed back to China from the UK in 1997.
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China does not respect the rule of law
Last year, Beijing attempted to have Hong Kongs extradition law amended to allow for people it found to be problematic to be tried in mainland China. But China does not respect the rule of law, and its push to see Hong Kongs...