The law of the land in HK is technically the Basic Law & laws enacted by the local legislature.
BUT: Beijing has a way to "plug loopholes" as they like to say: Annex III of the BL. Get a national law listed in Annex III, & it can be applied in HK by promulgation or legislation.
Lots of implications regarding this news. This will be one of the most direct challenge to the autonomy promised under the One Country, Two System's framework as #Beijing bypassed #HongKong's legislative body to insert a super controversial law that has triggered ...
This would be the total death of #HongKong and a direct assault on the international rules-based order if it happens
#StandwithHK
Beijing to introduce national security law for Hong Kong https://t.co/sU3LshdUv1 via @scmpnews
#BREAKING#HongKong: Beijing will propose a new National Security legislation for Hong Kong in order to "plug the loopholes" by directly putting the clauses into Annex 3 of Basic Law, HK's mini consitution, @hk01official reports. Details to be announced in #NPC's presser tonight.
This is a disaster.
@DominicRaab@tariqahmadbt@nadams@UKinHongKong we've been holding out and holding out some more, hoping that we could salvage something from the Joint Declaration.
We cannot hold out any more. Beijing is making its move on #HongKong and we MUST act now.
With Legislative Council now under their control & the
extension of the prohibition on gatherings until June 4th all signs indicate Communist Party of #China plans on moving to quash democracy in #HongKong during rubber stamp National People’s Congress which begins Friday
.@SecPompeo spoke on Memorial Day, the Chinese Communist Party’s lack of transparency, U.S. leadership in the response to COVID-19, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
As America and the world battle the #covid19#coronavirus that #China communist party turned into a pandemic, what is Beijing doing? Plotting another crackdown against the liberties of #HongKong - and plotting to expand CCP power
We've seen what happened to #HongKong under the “one country, two systems” rule with Communist China. It doesn’t work - NO autonomy.
#Taiwan is a great ally & has been a leader during this pandemic. I stand with President Tsai in her decision to reject this offer.
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Sen. Josh Hawley have written an open letter to NBC urging them not to air the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
In the letter, they cite China’s human rights abuses against the Muslim Uighurs and the crackdown on Hong Kong protesters
Beijing’s attempt to force through a controversial extradition law in Hong Kong led to mass protests that consumed the country’s—and the world’s—attention in 2019.
https://t.co/xz8oBUeWYu
Chinese authorities responded negatively to the idea of launching a commission to examine police conduct during six months of social unrest in Hong Kong, SCMP reported https://t.co/zuXRNARMvZ