(NPR) China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong

China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong

Pro-mainland supporters in Hong Kong hold Chinese and Hong Kong flags during a rally to celebrate the approval of a national security law on Tuesday.



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China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong

Despite fierce international criticism and opposition in Hong Kong, Beijing's rubber-stamp legislature passed a law allowing the mainland to impose security measures in the former British colony.