The swiftly enacted legislation grants Beijing broad new powers to quell the protest movement that engulfed the city last year …
300 arrested in Hong Kong as China’s new “national security” law comes into force
Only 9 of those detained amid defiant pro-democracy protests were specifically accused of breaking the new law, but the message from Beijing is clear.
How China Scammed Hong Kong
After many years of rejecting the people of Hong Kong’s persistent demands for genuine universal suffrage and other rights, China made its position clear again on Tuesday with t …
With Hong Kong security law, China writes broad international powers for itself
Implications of the far-reaching measures are coming into focus, after Beijing fast-tracked the crackdown without public comment.
Security law could hurt Hong Kong as global business hub
China’s imposition of its sweeping national security law on Hong Kong has already divided the business community. Now executives are anxiously waiting to see whether its implementation will undermine …
Taiwan opens office for those fleeing Hong Kong after China’s new security law
Taiwan opened an office on Wednesday to help people fleeing Hong Kong after China imposed new national security laws in the city, with a senior minister saying Taiwan hoped to seize the opportunity to …
China to foreign critics: Hong Kong law ‘none of your business’
China on Wednesday slammed international criticism over a controversial new national security law for Hong Kong, saying other countries should keep quiet. Western governments and …
From Renditions to Closed-Door Trials, China’s Security Law Upends Hong Kong Legal Landscape
Leading Hong Kong lawyers are warning of a stark new era of mainland justice as they digest the full impact of China’s new national security law imposed directly by Communist Party leaders in Beijing.
Taiwan opens Hong Kong migration office in rebuke to Beijing
Taiwan on Wednesday opened an office to facilitate migration from Hong Kong following China’s passage of a national security law for the former British colony seen as sharply restricting political …
China law violates Hong Kong’s autonomy, says UK PM Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday China’s imposition of a security law on Hong Kong violated Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and threatened the freedoms and rights protected …