A proposal to impose national security laws in Hong Kong could see mainland intelligence agencies set up bases in the global financial hub, raising fears of direct enforcement by Chinese authorities ... ( read original story ...)
US Says Security Law A ‘Death Knell’ For Hong Kong Autonomy
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed Beijing over a proposed new security law for Hong Kong and warned that the semi-autonomous territory could lose its special trading privileges. "The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Protest Movement Left Reeling by China’s Power Grab
Beijing’s move to take a direct hand in the territory’s affairs will pit the pro-democracy movement against an uncompromising Communist Party. ( read original story ...)
China to Allow State-Security Agents to Police Hong Kong
Beijing plans to allow mainland state-security agencies to establish an official presence in the city, a senior Chinese official said Friday, adding to concerns about Hong Kong’s diminishing autonomy ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong plunges more than 5% as Beijing plans to impose new security laws
China is set to introduce a national security law for Hong Kong, after the city was plunged into turmoil last year by pro-democracy protests that often degenerated into violence. ( read original story ...)
China plans a clampdown that could end Hong Kong’s dreams of democracy
Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature is poised to adopt new "national security" laws that could doom the "One Country-Two Systems" policy. ( read original story ...)
China Will Fight Back if U.S. Intervenes in Hong Kong, Beijing Warns
The State Department on Thursday condemned proposed national security legislation that pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong say would smother their remaining political freedoms. ( read original story ...)
Fear and fighting spirit in Hong Kong as China ‘rams through’ security law
Beijing’s push to impose legislation is seen as fresh rallying point for an anti-government movement that had lost focus ... ( read original story ...)
Outrage in Hong Kong as China pushes security law
China has launched one of its fiercest assaults on Hong Kong's treasured autonomy with its move to impose a security law, pro-democracy campaigners said Friday as they vowed to take to the streets in ... ( read original story ...)
Proposed Security Law Marks the End of Hong Kong and a Warning to the World, Human Rights Watch says
"Any country who has a binding agreement with the Chinese government" should no longer rely on it," HRW China Director Sophie Richardson told Newsweek. ( read original story ...)
Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws
Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws ... ( read original story ...)
China Moves to Tighten Its Control of Hong Kong
New security laws would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. ( read original story ...)
China security law ‘could be end of Hong Kong’
Pro-democracy activists say they fear "the end of Hong Kong", after China announced plans for a new security law. The US said the move could be "highly destabilising" and undermine China's obligations ... ( read original story ...)
China Moves to Impose New Hong Kong Security Laws, Tightening Its Control
Such rules would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping. ( read original story ...)