China’s grip on Hong Kong just became a little tighter
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21 years ago, half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets to stop Article 23. This month, Beijing finally won.

Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/9985276

Last week, the government of Hong Kong published the latest of a series of increasingly draconian national security laws. This one will target espionage, treason, and foreign political interference, and those found guilty of violating some of its tenets could be sentenced to life imprisonment.

This might sound niche or even well-intentioned; doesn’t the US have its own fears about foreign political interference in its elections? But this isn’t really about national security. It is, as Human Rights Watch put it, “Beijing’s latest effort to transform Hong Kong from a free society to an oppressed one where people live in fear.”