When it was passed, the HK government argued that the National Security Law would be a rarely-used provision consistent with the rule of law. In practice, the National Security Law is a drop-in replacement for the rule of law, well on its way to becoming retroactive.
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Something like a quarter of the city's population(!) exercised their freedom of assembly by taking part in large nonviolent marches in the summer of 2019. This leaves most Hong Kongers exposed to arbitrary arrest or other punishment today. The chilling effect is hard to overstate
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A second avenue of attack in Hong Kong has been equating contact with foreigners—in one of the world's most international cities—as tantamount to sedition.
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Sounds like some kafkaesque bullshit to me.
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Cheng Chung-tai has been deemed a traitor by the pro-democracy camp; so while people were surprised that even Cheng, who had chosen to stay in the establishment, was disqualified, not that many people feel sad for him.
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