Hong Kong becomes the new "Tibet" (video)

Kamahl Santamaria (Al Jazeera English, 5/22/20); S. Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, Wisdom Quarterly


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(Inside Story) China is moving toward passing a "national security" law for Hong Kong that could see the most significant reduction in its autonomy since Britain handed it back to China in 1997. It had remained a British colony for many years.

Premier Li Ke-Chiang announced the bill at the National People's Congress or NPC, China's biggest annual political gathering.

The draft law has seven articles and will almost certainly be approved by the congress. Once passed it would allow Chinese agencies (like secret police spies) to operate in Hong Kong to "prevent, stop, and punish acts endangering national security."

So with China now planning to get directly involved in the territory's affairs, is this an assault on capitalist free trade, freedom, or nominal democracy?

• GUESTS: James To Kun-Sun, senior legislator for Hong Kong's Democratic Party in the Legislative Council
• Andreas Fulda, senior fellow with the Asia Research Institute at the University of Nottingham
• Rong Ying, vice president of the China Institute of International Studies

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