With the passage of the national security law, pro-democracy activists face the same dilemma as their mainland counterparts: choosing between fear and their ideals. ( read original story ...)
Don’t sacrifice Hong Kong for a banker’s bonus, UK tells HSBC
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reprimanded HSBC and other banks on Wednesday for supporting China's new security law, saying the rights of Hong Kong should not be sacrificed for bankers' ... ( read original story ...)
How China’s national security law could change Hong Kong forever
Hong Kong's status as a world financial hub looks to be under threat. Beijing has expedited a new national security law, which some experts warn has the potential to erode the very structure that ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong makes first arrests under China’s new national security law
The national security law came into force late Tuesday, hours before Hong Kong marked the city's handover from the U.K. to China. ( read original story ...)
China law violates Hong Kong’s autonomy, says UK PM Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday China's imposition of a security law on Hong Kong violated Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and threatened the freedoms and rights protected ... ( read original story ...)
‘It Could Be Anyone’: Hong Kong Security Law Sends Chill Over the City
Protesters are deleting their accounts on Twitter and Telegram. Booksellers, professors and nonprofits are questioning their future. ( read original story ...)
UK Says China’s Security Law Is Serious Violation of Hong Kong Treaty
The United Kingdom said on Wednesday that China's imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a "clear and serious" violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and called on the People's Republic to ... ( read original story ...)
From Renditions to Closed-Door Trials, China’s Security Law Upends Hong Kong Legal Landscape
Leading Hong Kong lawyers are warning of a stark new era of mainland justice as they digest the full impact of China's new national security law imposed directly by Communist Party leaders in Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Beijing’s Putsch against Hong Kong
Chairman Xi has signed into law a sweeping national-security measure aimed at destroying the democracy movement in Hong Kong. The unjust affront to human dignity must be named for what it is: the most ... ( read original story ...)
Divided West can do little as China tightens up on Hong Kong
From Tokyo to Brussels, political leaders have swiftly decried Beijing’s move to impose a tough national security law on Hong Kong that cracks down on subversive activity and ... ( read original story ...)
As China Strengthens Grip on Hong Kong, Taiwan Sees a Threat
The sweeping new security law in Hong Kong has further eroded what little support there was in Taiwan for unifying with the mainland. ( read original story ...)
Can Hong Kong’s Financial Market Survive Without The Free Flow Of Information?
Asia’s global financial hub, top of the rankings for IPOs for much of the past decade, woke up on July 1 with a new national security law that gives China broad powers to clampdown on political ... ( read original story ...)
‘Too soon’ to say Hong Kong has lost its status as a financial hub: Chatham House
It is "too soon" to say that Hong Kong has lost its standing as a financial hub, says Dr Tim Summers from Chatham House. He adds that while there may be "some reduction" in the city's freedom of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police fire water cannon at crowds protesting new security law
Hong Kong police fired water cannon on Wednesday to break up the first protest since China introduced sweeping security legislation and they made their first arrests under it, warning of punishment ... ( read original story ...)