It was to be expected. Barely 48 hours after Beijing announced a security law that effectively undermines Hong Kong's autonomy, the streets of semi-independent territory have again filled with people. This Sunday, thousands of protesters gathered in central Hong Kong despite the ban on all gatherings and the gathering of more than eight people as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Protesters oppose a bill released by Premier Li Keqiang on Friday outside Parliament in Beijing. It provides in particular that the central government can apply a "national security" law , which aims "to prohibit treason, secession, sedition and subversion" by bypassing the local legislative council. Beijing could thus conduct its own investigations in the territory, and install its security agents there. According to the Hong Kong Mini Constitution, local government was responsible
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