Correspondent in Beijing
Beijing is going strong. Ulcerated by the resistance of the pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, China will put to the tread the reticent financial hub by imposing on the forceps a law of "national security" , allowing to arrest the "secessionists" , and accelerate its integration into the continent, fanning the risks of a new political crisis on the island, in the midst of escalating tensions with Washington.
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In the immense amphitheater of the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, the parliamentarians of the recording chamber of the communist regime inflicted on Friday an unprecedented ax in the autonomy of Hong Kong, yet guaranteed until 2047, according to a Sino-British declaration.
Members of the House at attention, face covered with a surgical mask, examined a new bill aimed at "improving" the functioning of Hong Kong in the light of "new circumstances and new needs", at the opening of the annual session of the Assembly
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