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China Moves to Crack Down on Hong Kong With New Law
China is moving to enact a new national security law (SCMP) for Hong Kong to crack down on activities Beijing sees as seditious or secessionist. The move would be a major blow to Hong Kong’s autonomy.
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A top Chinese official said the law would “prevent, frustrate, and punish” criminal acts that harm national security. The move drew swift condemnation from U.S. lawmakers; two senators are proposing a bill (WSJ) that would sanction Chinese officials who enforce the law. President Donald J. Trump said he would address the issue “very strongly.” A U.S. State Department assessment is pending on whether Hong Kong remains independent enough from China to warrant special treatment under U.S. law.
Analysis
“‘One country, two systems’ was a ploy from the outset, a tactic for China to buy time, the better to absorb Hong Kong sooner or later. Preferably sooner, it seems,” Lewis Lau Yiu-man writes in the New York Times.

“Beijing has opted for the most risky route,” Johns Hopkins University’s Ho-Fung Hung tells the Washington Post. “It will show the world that ‘one country, two systems’ is, if not already over, almost over.”
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This CFR Backgrounder looks at democracy in Hong Kong.