Opposition politicians and rights activists in Hong Kong see China’s decision to impose national-security laws as a move to undercut the territory’s system of self-governance
China’s legislature approved a resolution to impose national-security laws on Hong Kong, overriding the territory’s partial autonomy in a bid to quash anti-Beijing protests that have challenged Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The vote on Thursday, the end of a weeklong session of Beijing’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, approved a decision to “establish and enhance the legal framework and enforcement mechanisms for national security” in Hong Kong, state broadcaster China Central Television said.
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