Beijing’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong has put the city’s autonomy under threat. Photo: Sam Tsang Beijing’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong has put the city’s autonomy under threat. Photo: Sam Tsang
Beijing’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong has put the city’s autonomy under threat. Photo: Sam Tsang
China economy
Economy /  China Economy

Coronavirus gave China the opportunity to make controversial policy moves, experts say

  • Health crisis has been a ‘catalyst for existing trends, accelerating … the deterioration of Hong Kong’s autonomy’, US academic says on Beijing’s plans for a national security law for the city
  • Beijing took the decision despite risking ‘further alienating the general public in Hong Kong and the rest of the world’, former US deputy assistant secretary of state says

Topic |   China economy
Cissy Zhou
Cissy Zhou

Updated: 11:05pm, 6 Jun, 2020

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Beijing’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong has put the city’s autonomy under threat. Photo: Sam Tsang Beijing’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong has put the city’s autonomy under threat. Photo: Sam Tsang
Beijing’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong has put the city’s autonomy under threat. Photo: Sam Tsang
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