Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is delaying the region's legislative elections by a year — citing a resurgence in coronavirus cases. Critics have decried it as the latest move to erode Hong Kong's autonomy.
"We condemn the Hong Kong government's decision to postpone for one year its Legislative Council elections and to disqualify opposition candidates," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany
"The legal firewall, if you like, that separates the two systems [of Hong Kong and Beijing] is now gone," Alan Leong, a former chair of Hong Kong's bar association and chair of Hong Kong's Civic Party,."We are allowing the long arms of the Chinese Communist Party to reach Hong Kong." Also this week, Hong Kong police arrested four people for online statements. Police say the statements promote Hong Kong's independence from China, which is illegal under the national security law.
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