New Security bill

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Hong Kong vai definir uma nova série de crimes para incluir na lei de segurança nacional, um texto imposto no ano passado por Pequim que limitou qualquer dissidência na cidade, confirmou hoje um alto funcionário. https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/1831683/hong-kong-vai-definir-novos-crimes-para-lei-de-seguranca-nacional



jun21
Hong Kong filmmakers will have to toe a new line under the
national security law, with official censors now authorised to ban movies that breach the Beijing-imposed legislation. According to amended guidelines gazetted on Friday for censors under the Film Censorship Ordinance, public screening of films will not be allowed if they are found to be “endorsing, supporting, promoting, glorifying or inciting” acts of subversion, secession, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3136892/national-security-law-new-hong-kong-censorship-guidelines?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-scmp_today&utm_content=20210612&tpcc=enlz-scmp_today&MCUID=3d06933c40&MCCampaignID=aa7692fe06&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=7 


jan21
Um site de Hong Kong chamado HKChronicles, que publica material principalmente relacionado aos protestos antigoverno ocorridos a partir de 2019, disse que o acesso de seus usuários ao endereço foi bloqueado pelos provedores de serviço de internet (ISPs).
O site afirmou que começou a receber relatos de usuários baseados em Hong Kong que diziam que não conseguiram mais acessar acessá-lo a partir de quarta-feira (6).
https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2021/01/10/site-ligado-aos-protestos-de-hong-kong-diz-que-acesso-de-usuarios-foi-bloqueado.ghtml +  O fornecedor de Internet de Hong Kong Broadband Network disse hoje que o acesso ao portal HKChronicles foi bloqueado, tratando-se do primeiro caso de censura no quadro da lei de segurança nacional. https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/tech/1665474/autoridades-de-hong-kong-bloquearam-site-com-imagens-de-manifestacoes

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Um jovem ativista de Hong Kong foi acusado nesta quinta-feira de “secessão”, tornando-se na primeira personalidade política a ser processada em virtude da lei de segurança nacional imposta pela China à Região Administrativa Especial. Dois dias após ser preso numa cafeteria localizada em frente ao consulado americano em Hong Kong, Tony Chung foi acusado por um tribunal de secessão, lavagem de dinheiro e conspiração por publicar conteúdo sedicioso. 
https://www.plataformamedia.com/2020/10/29/ativista-de-19-anos-acusado-de-secessao-em-hong-kong/

ago20

Hong Kong (CNN)A primary election held by Hong Kong's democratic opposition may have been illegal under the new security law, China said Monday, in a statement that shows how far the goalposts have moved just two weeks after the sweeping legislation was imposed on the city.

More than 600,000 people took part in the vote over the weekend, designed to narrow down the number of pro-democracy candidates in September elections to the city's legislature. Similar efforts have been tried in previous years, but this was the most organized yet, as the opposition aims to seize a historic majority in spite of recent obstacles, not least the new security law. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/13/asia/hong-kong-election-security-law-intl-hnk/index.html


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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has allowed all lawmakers of the current Legislative Council to their extended terms, which means incumbent lawmakers disqualified from the next election will stay in the city's legislature until at least September 2021, analysts and politicians said on Thursday.

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So Leung was taken aback when Hong Kong authorities last month barred him and 11 others from running in elections. Though he had never supported U.S. sanctions on Hong Kong, which have since come to pass, his purported misdeed was failing to speak out against Washington’s measures with sufficient vigor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-beijing-sanctions-opposition-democracy/2020/08/18/7dc32872-dc60-11ea-b4f1-25b762cdbbf4_story.html

7/8

Two dozen democracy advocates in Hong Kong were charged on Thursday with taking part in an annual vigil honoring the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, the latest sign of the aggressive clampdown on dissent in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. The charges came on the heels of a politically fraught week as the authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong invoked a sweeping new national security law to crack down on the opposition. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/world/asia/hong-kong-tiananmen-protest.html


2/8/

One academic, Victoria Tin-bor Hui, has commented that writing about Hong Kong today is like writing obituaries one after the other. But Beijing might be overplaying its hand; the ferocity of its assault on Hong Kong’s freedoms can only re-energise civil society at home and may just prompt reluctant governments overseas into action in the interests of defending global freedoms.

• Louisa Lim is the author of The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited and a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/02/books-pulled-from-library-shelves-songs-bannedits-the-new-normal-in-hong-kong


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Na terça-feira, a UE decidiu limitar as exportações de equipamentos utilizáveis para a vigilância e aplicação da lei em Hong Kong, como medida punitiva contra as intenções de Pequim. Os 27 países também concordaram em apoiar a população da ex-colónia britânica, facilitando a sua viagem para a Europa, através da concessão de vistos, bolsas de estudo e intercâmbios académicos. Em resposta, Pequim rejeitou esta quarta-feira que a UE procure “interferir” nos seus assuntos internos. “As medidas da UE violam os padrões básicos do direito internacional”, disse Wang Wenbin, porta-voz da diplomacia chinesa, acrescentando que o seu Governo irá apresentar protestos formais contra a comunidade europeia. https://observador.pt/2020/07/29/hong-kong-china-condena-medidas-retaliatorias-da-uniao-europeia/


29/7
Hong Kong’s new police unit enforcing the
national security law arrested four student members of a pro-independence group on Wednesday after it announced its mission to build the city into a republic. The arrests of the suspects, aged 16 to 21, in Yuen Long, Sha Tin and Tuen Mun marked the first such crackdown on anti-government activists not at the scene of street protests. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3095240/least-three-core-members-hong-kong-pro-independence


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Hong Kong authorities have rapidly begun to apply the new National Security Law to prosecute peaceful speech, curtail academic freedom, and generate a chilling effect on fundamental freedoms in the city, Human Rights Watch said today https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/29/china-new-hong-kong-law-roadmap-repression


Twenty-seven countries — including Britain, France, Germany, Australia and Japan — issued a rare oral rebuke of China at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, describing “deep and growing concerns” over the new law.

They urged China to reconsider, saying the law “undermines” the city’s freedoms.

The signatories added that the law was imposed without the direct participation of Hong Kong’s people, its legislature or judiciary.

Another 53 countries, led by China ally and fellow one-party state Cuba, announced support for the law at the Geneva meeting. https://en.brinkwire.com/news/how-the-world-reacted-to-hong-kongs-new-security-law/

On Friday, we learned that the bureau will be headed by Zheng Yanxiong, a Party official from Guangdong province, which neighbors Hong Kong, who has a background in propaganda and crushing dissent. In 2011, during a local uprising which garnered significant international attention, Zheng was recorded saying that “foreign media can be trusted when pigs can climb trees.” The Journal’s Chun Han Wong reports that Zheng was involved in suppressing critical newspapers in Guangdong. Wu Qiang, an expert in Chinese politics, told the Journal that Zheng is expected to “impose stricter controls over press and speech freedoms in Hong Kong.” https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/hong_kong_security_law_media.php


20/7 China’s opaque policymaking process makes it difficult to determine what precisely prompted Beijing to act on Hong Kong now, and it remains too early to draw final conclusions. What drove Beijing to impose the new national security law on Hong Kong? Why now? What are the potential implications for everyday life and commerce in Hong Kong? What will be the impact on U.S.-China relations? 
Foreign companies operating in Hong Kong have been scrambling to adapt. Media and technology companies have been the fastest to respond. The 
New York Times recently announced plans to relocate part of its operations to Seoul. Technology firms, similarly, are adapting to the arrival of digital surveillance and censorship from the mainland. Some technology companies have announced a pause in responding to data requests from local authorities. Others have considered migrating data storage outside of Hong Kong. Some technology companies have begun contemplating whether their employees in Hong Kong could be exposed to risk of arrest if the companies refuse to comply with demands from authorities for digital information.


21/6
O activista Joshua Wong, antigo líder dos protestos, pediu à comunidade internacional para agir e à China recuar: “Peço ao mundo que apoie Hong Kong e exorto a China a retirar esta lei do mal”.
O resumo da lei, divulgado este sábado pela Xinhua, não especifica que delitos se incluirão dentro da definição de crimes contra a segurança nacional, mas os dirigentes do movimento pró-democracia não parecem duvidar que a legislação irá pôr em causa a liberdade de expressão na região administrativa especial, mais ainda se for deixado à descrição da comissão o que pode ou não ser considerado ilegal.
Jimmy Lai, empresário da comunicação social e activista, afirmou, citado pelo The Guardian: “O Gabinete de Segurança Nacional será a espada de Dâmocles sobre as nossas cabeças, assim como sobre as dos magnatas, políticos e membros do governo. Olhando para a forma como [a lei] funcionará no continente, a sua aplicação será pura e simplesmente arbitrária.” https://www.publico.pt/2020/06/20/mundo/noticia/china-aperta-cerco-hong-kong-lei-mal-1921330

13/7
  • The survey, conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong between July 6 and July 9, polled 183 respondents on China’s new national security law and what it means for businesses. Of the 76% in total who expressed concern about the new security law, about 41% was “extremely concerned,” while 36.6% was “somewhat concerned. The introduction of the law had sparked fears about the impact of Hong Kong ’s status as a global financial hub. However, more than 64% of the respondents indicated that their companies have no plans to move out of Hong Kong.  https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/13/amcham-survey-on-impact-of-china-national-security-law-in-hong-kong.html


13/7
The Chinese government and its defenders vehemently insist that the law merely fills a long-standing gap in Hong Kong’s law by providing for national security as the laws of most countries do. China also insists that the law – which was drafted in Beijing, not in Hong Kong – is nonetheless consistent with Hong Kong’s own laws and with international norms. But “may” is the operative word. As Michael Blanchflower, a former assistant solicitor general of Hong Kong, who specialises in criminal law and human rights law, recently wrote, also in the South China Morning Post: “For national security law cases, the chief executive will designate judges at all court levels – from magistrates to justices of the Court of Final Appeal. Before making such designations, the chief executive may consult the committee and the chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal. But the chief executive does not have to consult anybody…” These two are, of course, Chinese bodies based in Beijing. So they could very well choose to hand over the cases to Chinese prosecutors and Chinese courts rather than those in Hong Kong, says Chinese law expert Professor Martin Flaherty, Professor of International Human Rights Law, at the Leitner Centre of International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School. In an Op-Ed in the Washington Post, he wrote that the “national security law for Hong Kong heralds nothing less than imperialism with Chinese characteristics.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday that an unofficial city-wide election conducted by the pro-democracy camp over the weekend might have violated new national security laws by "subverting state power". Lam told reporters that if the democrats' aim to gain a legislative majority was to obstruct government policies, "then it may fall into the category of subverting the state power". She didn't elaborate.

One of the organisers of the election, Benny Tai, told reporters that the results of the poll had been leaked ahead of an official announcement. But he said there had been no personal data breach of the voters. https://wkzo.com/news/articles/2020/jul/13/hong-kong-leader-says-pro-democracy-protest-vote-might-have-violated-new-security-laws/1038909/?refer-section=national


11/7
As far as the international community’s support is concerned, around 53 countries backed the HK national security law during the 44th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Those who supported are China, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Cuba, Djibouti, https://nation.com.pk/11-Jul-2020/the-hong-kong-national-security-law-merits-and-dynamics

8/7

Primaries planned by Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition may violate new national security legislation, a top government official said, comments that could fuel concerns their candidates will be disqualified from a key upcoming legislative election. Secretary for Mainland and Constitutional Affairs Erick Tsang told the Oriental Daily newspaper on Thursday that planning and participating in primaries could violate the law’s articles of secession, subversion and collusion, as well as its “Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance.” Pan-Democrat lawmakers plan to hold primary votes on Saturday and Sunday in the run-up to the Legislative Council election slated for September.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-09/top-hong-kong-official-says-pan-dem-primary-may-break-new-law

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A Chefe do Executivo de Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, disse ontem que o seu Governo vai implementar “vigorosamente” a nova lei de segurança imposta por Pequim, deixando um aviso aos activistas “radicais” A governante avisou ainda os ativistas “radicais” para não “passarem a linha vermelha, porque as consequências de violar a lei são muito graves”. Carrie Lam defendeu novamente o diploma imposto por Pequim ao território, afirmando que ajudará a restaurar a estabilidade e a confiança após meses de protestos, no ano passado. A lei “não é tão sombria como parece para Hong Kong”, disse Lam, defendendo que, “com o tempo (…), a confiança será maior” no futuro do território.
Polícia com poderes alargados
Os poderes da Polícia de Hong Kong foram significativamente alargados, ao abrigo da lei de segurança nacional imposta por Pequim, passando a incluir a possibilidade de fazer buscas sem mandado, segundo um documento divulgado pelo Governo e ontem reafirmado pela Chefe do Executivo
Ao abrigo das novas disposições, que precisam a extensão do artigo 43 da lei imposta ao território, as forças de segurança passam a poder realizar buscas sem mandado, se acreditarem que há uma ameaça “iminente” à segurança nacional. https://jtm.com.mo/actual/chefe-executivo-diz-vai-aplicar-vigorosamente-lei/


6/7
As has been reported widely, this national security law has the surprising Article 38, which applies the law to non-Hong Kong residents who commit things deemed illegal by the law outside of Hong Kong. Basically everybody in the world, if having said something deemed subversive from a Chinese government point of view, can be found guilty, and if you are in transit via Hong Kong or any other place with extradition arrangements with Hong Kong, you can be potentially at risk of being arrested under this law.
So the Chinese government gave up all hope on letting the Hong Kong local government do this anti-subversion law itself and took this very extreme step to legislate directly in Beijing in secret. The whole world and Hong Kong people didn't know about what the law contains until it was announced and became effective. It is done in Beijing in secret and imposed from Beijing. It skipped even the pretensions of one country two system and local autonomy of Hong Kong. It is a game changer. Ho-fung Hung, a professor in the Department of Sociology and the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, has researched and written about political economy, protest, and nation-state formation in China and East Asia for the past 20 years https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/07/04/hong-kong-security-law/

5/7 (COMO SERÀ A APLICAçÃO)
A prominent adviser to China’s top legislative body believes Hong Kong people cannot be prosecuted just for provoking hatred towards the authorities under the sweeping 
national security law
, while the city’s No 2 official has sought to reassure residents their fundamental rights and freedom to criticise the government will not be undermined. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3091875/national-security-law-hongkongers-can-still-criticise
So we'll see how they enforce the law. International pressure and the continuous resistance might change the calculation of the ruling elite in China Ho-fung Hung, a professor in the Department of Sociology and the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, has researched and written about political economy, protest, and nation-state formation in China and East Asia for the past 20 years https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/07/04/hong-kong-security-law/
5/7

Beijing names hard-liner who crushed protests to head Hong Kong security agency https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2020/07/03/beijing-names-hard-liner-who-crushed-protests-head-hong-kong-security-agency/nWUOtL3HCu38zK87LytiTL/story.html

2/7

"A shadow parliament can send a very clear signal to Beijing and the Hong Kong authorities that democracy need not be at the mercy of Beijing," he told Reuters in London. "We want to set up non-official civic groups that surely reflect the views of the Hong Kong people." He said that while the idea was still at an early stage, such a parliament-in-exile would support the people of Hong Kong and the pro-democracy movement there. He declined to say where the parliament might sit, campaigner Simon Cheng told Reuters. . https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-02/hong-kong-activists-discussing-parliament-in-exile-after-china-crackdown-campaigner-says

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Deng said he recognized there were differences in the legal systems of Hong Kong and mainland China. But he said the new law would reflect common principles — including that the law would not be retroactive and the presumption of innocence.Reacting to Deng’s speech, pro-democracy lawmaker Denis Kwok said he believed the jurisdiction plan would breach the city’s mini-constitution, which says Hong Kong’s judiciary is independent from the mainland. “I think this is … clear evidence that they are using this law as a label to quash political opposition,” he said. https://www.courthousenews.com/china-will-handle-some-hong-kong-security-cases/


2/7
Esta é, segundo António Katchi, uma lei “completamente inconstitucional”. O constitucionalista aponta as razões: “Foi aprovada por um órgão que não tem competência para impor normas penais em Hong Kong”; “seguiu um procedimento legislativo que não é o que está previsto para a legislação de Hong Kong”; e “o facto de o Chefe do Executivo nomear os juízes que depois hão-de lidar com este tipo de crimes, o que é uma violação do princípio da separação de poderes”. A nomeação dos juízes por parte do líder do Governo de Hong Kong motivará, na opinião do professor universitário, “escolhas políticas”. O politólogo, que vive em Hong Kong, diz que, “a julgar pelos protestos de hoje [ontem], a quantidade e a frequência dos protestos vai decrescer um pouco”. Será isso fruto do medo desta nova lei? “Sim, acho que a ideia da lei é impor o medo na mente das pessoas de Hong Kong”, responde. https://pontofinalmacau.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/seguranca-nacional-uma-lei-completamente-inconstitucional-que-pode-estender-se-a-macau/


1/7

China's new national security legislation for Hong Kong was written and passed behind closed doors, without the consultation of the city's local government or legislature. It reportedly came into force on June 30, potentially rewriting the city's legal system -- despite the fact the overwhelming majority of residents have no idea of what precisely it will entail. JA TEVE EFEITOS Some pro-independence figures are known to have fled Hong Kong in recent months, fearing arrest in connection with last year's often violent anti-government protests, or the upcoming law. On Sunday, Wayne Chan, convenor of the Hong Kong Independence Union, confirmed he had jumped bail and left the city. He had been facing protest-related charges. The Global Times, a nationalist Chinese state-backed tabloid, said the law was already having its effect, pointing to the resignation of Wong and others. Stanley Ng, a Hong Kong delegate to China's National People's Congress, appeared to endorse this view, saying in a Facebook video that part of the reason for the secrecy around the law was to enable "intimidation and deterrence." https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/30/asia/hong-kong-china-national-security-law-intl-hnk/index.html

18/6
Top Chinese lawmakers have added collusion with foreign forces to the 
national security law they are drafting for Hong Kong, leading opposition politicians and activists to fear the charge will become a “new weapon” to silence them. But legal experts cautioned the change merely brought the legislation in line with mainland China’s criminal law, as a top Beijing official had earlier said was necessary. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3089551/hong-kong-national-security-law-added-agenda-npcsc-meeting?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-scmp_today&utm_content=20200619&MCUID=3d06933c40&MCCampaignID=6c988c3411&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=9

8/6

“Os líderes empresariais de Hong Kong não têm escolha se não se mudarem da cidade e aos seus negócios”, disse Steve Tsang, director do Instituto da China na Universidade SOAS de Londres. “A aprovação da decisão sobre a lei de segurança nacional é um aviso claro para eles, e se não a apoiarem publicamente, sabem que correm o risco de serem vistos como contrários a ela”. Uma associação de promotores que representa empresas como a Henderson Land Development Co. de Lee Shau Kee e a Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. da família Kwok disse que apoia a lei porque garantirá estabilidade e prosperidade. As famílias por trás da Swire Pacific Ltd., Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. e Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. emitiram opiniões semelhantes. https://jtm.com.mo/actual/140-mil-milhoes-em-jogo-apoio-dos-magnatas/


jun20
A União Europeia deplorou hoje a aprovação, pela China, da controversa lei de segurança nacional para Hong Kong, assumindo que esta é uma questão “muito grave”, que exigirá uma resposta, a ser concertada com os parceiros internacionais.
“Esta lei ameaça seriamente comprometer o alto grau de autonomia de Hong Kong e ter efeitos negativos na independência do sistema judicial e no Estado de direito, e deploramos esta decisão”, declarou o presidente do Conselho Europeu, Charles Michel, durante uma conferência de imprensa no final de uma cimeira entre UE e Coreia do Sul, por videoconferência.
Também a presidente da Comissão Europeia deplorou o facto de a China ter aprovado a controversa lei apesar das várias advertências da comunidade internacional, UE incluída.
“Deixámos claro em diversas ocasiões, incluindo nos nossos contactos diretos na semana passada com a liderança chinesa, que a nova legislação não está conforme com a lei básica de Hong Kong nem com os compromissos internacional da China. Para nós é um assunto muito grave e estamos seriamente preocupados”, declarou Ursula von der Leyen, na mesma conferência de imprensa.
Questionada sobre a reação europeia, Von der Leyen admitiu que a UE alertou por diversas vezes que “a China arriscava consequências muito negativas se avançasse efetivamente com esta legislação, incluindo em termos de confiança das empresas, reputação da China e perceção pública em Hong Kong”.

Jun20

(manifetsações cairam muito, medo? )Hundreds of people took to the streets in Hong Kong on Sunday in protest as China's top legislative body reviewed a proposed national security law that critics say would spell an end to the city's semiautonomous status. Flocks of people walked toward the densely populated Mong Kok district in Kowloon, occasionally chanting slogans, in what was supposed to be a "silent march" to prevent police from disrupting the protest. https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/06/f0a68f8b2533-protest-on-hong-kong-streets-as-china-lawmakers-mull-security-law.html

jun20
The decision was announced without warning on May 22 and endorsed by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) on May 28. According to Beijing sources, final passage by the NPCSC is imminent. The aim is to complete all drafting and legislative formalities in time for promulgation on July First. The date marks the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule. The law will criminalize acts of secession, subversion of state power, terrorism, and collusion with foreign or outside forces that seek, to intervene in Hong Kong affairs. How these crimes are to be defined and what punishments they will carry is not yet known. Contrary to initial reports, whether the law is to be retroactive is also not yet known. https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/25/national-security-law-a-second-handover-for-hong-kong/


jun20

On 28 May, China’s parliament endorsed a National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decision to legislate a tailor-made national security law for Hong Kong — after 23 years during which the local authorities failed to pass their own Article 23 variant of the law. Following its passage, the law will be added to Annex III of the Basic Law and applied locally by way of promulgation rather than the local legislation route, to sidestep delays like that faced by the national anthem law, which too was listed in Annex III in November 2017

Sourabh Gupta is a resident senior fellow at the Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS), Washington DC. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/06/26/hong-kongs-high-degree-of-autonomy-in-the-balance/



jun20

The survey conducted by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute between June 15-18 showed the legislation is opposed by a majority in the financial centre. (Graphic: Do you support of oppose Beijing's move to impose a security law in HK? - https://graphics.reuters.com/HONGKONG-PROTESTS/yxmpjlkedpr/HongKong-Protests-5.jpg) But the poll also showed support for protests dropping to 51% from 58% in a previous poll conducted for Reuters in March, while opposition to them rose to 34% from 28%. https://wkzo.com/news/articles/2020/jun/25/exclusive-support-dips-for-hong-kong-democracy-protests-as-national-security-law-looms-poll/1033369/

jun20
At any rate, Beijing’s financial firewall in Hong Kong is showing its first signs of cracking. In a recent interview, Hong Kong’s financial secretary Paul Chan defended the national security law for strengthening Hong Kong’s role as “the doorman for China’s financial security.” With the threat of U.S. financial sanctions looming, it is not clear if the proverbial door is any more secure than before. https://thediplomat.com/2020/06/chinas-great-wall-of-finance-shows-first-signs-of-a-crack-in-hong-kong/


Jun20
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Beijing officials have tried to reassure Hong Kongers that the law will target “an extremely small minority of illegal and criminal acts” and that the “basic rights and freedoms of the overwhelming majority of citizens will be protected.” However, experts on China’s legal system such as Jerome Cohen of New York University have predicted an increase in mass arrests. The territory’s residents appear to agree: Inquiries on emigration options for Hong Kongers have spiked, and greater self-censorship has already begun to take hold. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/24/freedom-disappearing-hong-kong-china-national-security-law/


22/6
NSL

Tightening control over Hong Kong is the logical response of the Chinese authorities and the HKSAR government to the political turmoil of 2019. The local government refuses to engage the pro-democracy movement and protesters, and it rejects any attempts of reconciliation. COVID-19 has, for the most part, curbed large-scale protests this year but public anger and dissatisfaction is still accumulating. There will likely be significant outbursts in the months before the Hong Kong Legislative Council elections on 6 September.

There is a small chance that the pro-democracy movement may secure a majority of seats in the Legislative Council elections despite the absence of universal suffrage in the less than democratic electoral system. The pro-democracy movement hopes that a high voter turnout and successful coordination among pro-democracy groups to optimise the number of candidates in the multi-member, single vote, medium-size constituencies can achieve a small miracle. The high turnout rate of 71 per cent in the November 2019 District Council elections gave the pro-democracy camp a landslide victory, capturing a majority in 17 out of 18 local councils.

The pro-democracy movement probably sees the national security law as the last straw, though the decision to introduce the law had already been made at China’s Communist Party Central Committee plenum last October. It was part of the policy program to crack down on the pro-democracy movemen Joseph Yu Shek Cheng is a retired professor of political science based in Hong Kong. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/06/24/the-end-of-one-country-two-systems/


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NEL: Second, the draft law concretizes the principle of the rule of law in the protection of national security. The Hong Kong government should “respect and protect human rights” in accordance with the Basic Law and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.” These rights include the freedom of speech, press, publication, assembly, rallies and protests. Moreover, “anyone who has not yet received a verdict from the judicial organizations is presumed as being not guilty.” Sonny Lo "Overall, the content of the draft law as reported by Xinhuaand Hong Kong news reports shows that the central authorities are very decisive in the construction of a new national security mechanism in Hong Kong, in an attempt to allay the fears of some Hong Kong people by mentioning the relevance of Hong Kong law and international law, and in the effective deterrence of any activity deemed as endangering national security in the years to come". https://www.macaubusiness.com/opinion-draft-national-security-law-for-hong-kong-some-observations/

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establish a commission to safeguard national security and its provision that the central government establish an office for safeguarding national security in the SAR that have now drawn the most attention and criticism. Yet the national security office will only "supervise, guide and support" the local government in maintaining national security. Except in specific circumstances, the Hong Kong authorities will be responsible for criminal cases related to national security. http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202006/21/WS5eef5a4ba310834817254719.html O principal órgão legislativo da China anunciou, este sábado, alguns pormenores sobre a nova legislação de segurança para Hong Kong, destinada a controlar os protestos pró-democracia que durante meses paralisaram a região administrativa especial e que só a pandemia da covid-19 conseguiu travar. A lei estabelece a criação de uma nova comissão para proteger a segurança nacional, liderada pelo chefe executivo, mas supervisionada e com contas a prestar ao Governo central em Pequim, que nomeará um conselheiro para a mesma. https://www.publico.pt/2020/06/20/mundo/noticia/china-aperta-cerco-hong-kong-lei-mal-1921330

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China’s proposed national security law for Hong Kong is a devastating assault on human rights and must be abandoned, a group of 86 civil society organizations including Amnesty International told Chinese authorities ahead of a key meeting of Beijing lawmakers on Thursday. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/06/china-national-security-law-must-be-scrapped-to-save-hong-kongs-freedoms/

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The new national security law for Hong Kong is meant to strengthen, not undermine, the “one country, two systems” principle and will ensure the freedoms granted to the city can be extended beyond 2047, a top Beijing official has said. Contrary to alarmist warnings of the opposition and foreign powers eager to demonise the central government, the new legislation would target “very few” people committing the four crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign intervention, said Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO). https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3088031/deng-xiaoping-always-believed-mainland-could-step-if

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A China terá jurisdição em alguns casos em Hong Kong que afetarem a segurança nacional, de acordo com uma nova lei que será imposta no território autônomo - disse uma autoridade local nesta segunda-feira (15). Conforme o governo, a nova lei, que terá precedência sobre a legislação do território semiautônomo chinês, deve ser aprovada rapidamente após um ano de protestos pró-democracia. O subdiretor do Departamento de Assuntos de Hong Kong e Macau, Deng Zhonghua, disse que reforçar a segurança nacional nesse território estará, em grande parte, nas mãos das autoridades e da polícia locais. https://correio.rac.com.br/_conteudo/2020/06/agencias/951472-china-tera-jurisdicao-sobre-alguns-casos-de-seguranca-nacional-em-hong-kong.html

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The desire to bring Hong Kong under the banner of “one country, one system” is not impulsive. Quite the contrary, it’s a calculated campaign to initiate a so-called “second reunification with Hong Kong” — since the first reunification after the handover, using a lenient soft-power approach, has supposedly failed. This comprehensive crackdown on Hong Kong’s civil society is unprecedented. Beijing believes that the heavy-handed approach would pervade Hong Kong with a sense of powerlessness and bring it to its knees. As long as the international response is limited, the execution of the national security law, according to Chairman Mao’s “theory of contradiction,” will follow a script of “a soft hand” and “a firm hand.” That is, after its imposition, the law will initially apply restraint and be used only on individuals to set a stern example, so that the general public would feel as if the law does not impact them at all and property and stock prices would not fall. Gradually and subtly, if the realist formula of Beijing works, the “second reunification” could become a self-proclaimed success story for Beijing’s propaganda. simon chen https://thediplomat.com/2020/06/hong-kong-and-the-national-security-law-why-now/


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Martin Lee, renomado político e defensor da democracia de Hong Kong, diz ser tanto otimista quanto pessimista quando se trata do futuro da região administrativa especial chinesa. Ele acredita que Pequim também colocará sob seu controle os tribunais anteriormente independentes de Hong Kong, assim como já controla os poderes Executivo e Legislativo. "Eles [os jovens de Hong Kong] deveriam ter a disposição de adiar essa luta. Eles são mais novos que os líderes chineses, então estão em vantagem e devem se preparar para uma luta longa, mas pacífica, contra as tentativas de Pequim de incorporar completamente Hong Kong", disse Lee.https://www.dw.com/pt-br/pequim-est%C3%A1-recuperando-o-controle-em-hong-kong/a-53753503

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Aparentemente, os protestos em massa ao longo do ano passado levaram Pequim a assumir um controle maior da situação em Hong Kong. A vitória eleitoral de figuras críticas a Pequim nas eleições locais da cidade, em 24 de novembro de 2019, quando conquistaram a maioria em 17 dos 18 conselhos distritais, também pode ter desempenhado um papel importante. A nomeação de um novo chefe para o Escritório de Ligação, que representa Pequim em Hong Kong, também deve ser vista nesse contexto. O presidente Xi Jinping manteve a controversa Carrie Lam como chefe de governo, mas, para surpresa de muitos, nomeou Luo Huining, de 65 anos, para o cargo de fato mais importante em Hong Kong.https://www.dw.com/pt-br/pequim-est%C3%A1-recuperando-o-controle-em-hong-kong/a-53753503


Luo, que chega a Hong Kong de "fora", prestou serviços excelentes na "limpeza" da província de Shanxi, abalada pela corrupção. Não há dúvida de que Xi espera que ele faça progressos para "domar" as condições de imprevisibilidade em Hong Kong. A nova lei de segurança fornece a base para tal.
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O governo de Pequim não deixou passar a oportunidade: uma porta-voz do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros chinês partilhou no Twitter uma publicação da sua homóloga norte-americana na qual esta defendia que as manifestações em Hong Kong eram um momento importante e “histórico” para a liberdade, criticando o Partido Comunista chinês por “quebrar as promessas para com o povo” da região especial. Ao partilhar esta publicação, a representante do governo chinês escreveu as últimas palavras pronunciadas por George Floyd, enquanto um polícia o imobilizava com um joelho sobre o pescoço: “Não consigo respirar.” https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/hong-kong-ja-nao-e-um-caso-isolado-e-a-china-agradece-597770 The new national security law for Hong Kong is meant to strengthen, not undermine, the “one country, two systems” principle and will ensure the freedoms granted to the city can be extended beyond 2047, a top Beijing official has said. Contrary to alarmist warnings of the opposition and foreign powers eager to demonise the central government, the new legislation would target “very few” people committing the four crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign intervention, said Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO). LINK

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“Tal como qualquer parte do mundo, Hong Kong necessita, e urgentemente, de uma lei para articular esta matéria.” Há várias vias legais para fazê-lo, afirma. “O Conselho Legislativo da região seria apenas uma delas.” Pequim, garante o académico, tem poder para avançar sem passar pelas instâncias regionais. “Se Hong Kong só pode fazer o que Pequim lhe permite, significa que não há autonomia, muito menos um elevado grau de autonomia”, considera o advogado. “Outro aspeto ainda pior desta proposta é que permitirá o estabelecimento de agências da China continental em Hong Kong para garantir a vigência da lei, o que é extremamente perigoso para qualquer pessoa que critique o Governo, que defenda a democracia, e mesmo para entidades e empresas estrangeiras com interesses em Hong Kong”, avisa.https://leitor.expresso.pt/semanario/semanario2484/html/primeiro-caderno/internacional/hong-kong-nunca-mais-sera-a-mesma

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China recusou o pedido dos Estados Unidos, que querem uma reunião de urgência do Conselho de Segurança da ONU para discutir a lei de segurança que Pequim pretende impor a Hong Kong. https://observador.pt/2020/05/28/china-recusa-discutir-hong-kong-em-reuniao-do-conselho-de-seguranca-da-onu/

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China's top legislature will work to safeguard the constitutional order in Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions as stipulated in China's Constitution and the basic laws of the two regions, according to a report.Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, on Monday delivered the report on the committee's work to the third session of the 13th NPC. "Remaining committed to upholding law-based governance in Hong Kong and Macao, we will work to safeguard constitutional order in the two special administrative regions as stipulated in China's Constitution and the basic laws, refine the system for interpreting the basic laws by the NPC Standing Committee, and establish a sound legal system and effective enforcement mechanisms at the national level for safeguarding national security in the two regions," http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/25/c_139086061.htm

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O escritório do Ministério das Relações Exteriores da China em Hong Kong rejeitou as preocupações de que suas leis de segurança nacional propostas para a cidade prejudicassem os investidores estrangeiros, reagindo aos países "intrometidos" enquanto os laços entre Pequim e Washington se deterioravam ainda mais. https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2020/05/23/china-diz-que-novas-leis-de-hong-kong-nao-prejudicam-investidor-e-critica-intromissao-de-outros-paises.ghtml

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These events spell disaster for Hong Kong’s already fragile legal and political system. With the pro-Beijing camp controlling the agenda of LegCo, the CCP will push for the passage of multiple bills that further erode the already failing “one country, two systems” policy. The first of these could be a “national anthem” bill that criminalizes insulting the Chinese national anthem. The next one would likely be the implementation of Article 23, a bill that has long haunted the Hong Kong people as it criminalizes the ill-defined “treason, secession, sedition, [and] subversion.” If passed, the Hong Kong government, taking orders from the CCP, would be able to easily imprison opposition voices. A rise in the persecution of activists is expected if the bill does pass. https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/pro-democracy-legislators-in-hong-kong-need-international-support/







‘Anyone can give a stance on supporting [a candidate] or not,’ Cheng says when asked if agency weighing in on election would constitute interference https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3081816/basic-laws-article-22-does-not-apply-beijings-liaison?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-scmp_today&utm_content=20200428&MCUID=3d06933c40&MCCampaignID=94fe0251b9&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=21

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