Hong Kong witnessed one of the more prominent changes in years of free governance when China successfully passed Hong Kong security law on June 30, 2020 which will now give new powers to China over Hong Kong. It all happened in a way that Hong Kong never had any security law because of its unpopularnature so China intervened and took it upon itself to ensure the ‘security’ of the autonomous country, a move highly criticised by officials and the Hong Kong nationals. There were series of protests demanding China not to interfere in Hong Kong’s affairs but China went on to intrude and despite backlases, managed to pass the law, which made people doubt their freedom. "It is clear that the law will have a severe impact on freedom of expression, if not personal security, on the people of Hong Kong. Effectively, they are imposing the People's Republic of China's criminal system onto the Hong Kong common law system, leaving them with complete discretion to decide who should fall ...
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