China endorses Hong Kong security law, vastly expanding grip over city
in China, which has now killed 100,000 people in the United States. The Trump administration is blaming Beijing for allowing the virus to spread, with some officials suggesting, without proof, the ruling Communist Party deliberately “seeded” it overseas.
Now, 23 years into a 50-year agreement between Britain and China, under which Hong Kong was supposed to enjoy a high level of autonomy, Beijing is seeking to bring the city under its full control. Citing a need to “improve” Hong Kong’s legal system and safeguard national security, the Chinese Communist Party is putting forward a law that will allow it to deploy “relevant national security organs” to Hong Kong. Many in Hong Kong fear China will use these provisions to intimidate and punish critics of the government.
The lack of such laws — an attempt by Hong Kong officials to introduce them in 2003 failed after massive public pushback — is now being given as justification for Beijing’s actions. “More than 20 years after Hong Kong’s return, however, relevant laws are yet to materialize due to the sabotage and obstruction by those trying to sow trouble in Hong Kong and China at large, as well as external hostile forces,” the official Xinhua News Agency reported, quoting Wang Chen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
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