China to foreign critics: Hong Kong law 'none of your business'

Zhang Xiaoming, executive deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs office of the State Council, speaks at a press conference about the new Hong Kong national security law in Beijing in July 1, 2020. - AFP

BEIJING (AFP): China on Wednesday (July 1) slammed international criticism over a controversial new national security law for Hong Kong, saying other countries should keep their noses out.

Western governments and critics have warned the new law will curb the city's freedoms and undermine its "One Country, Two Systems" governance scheme, which technically allows freedoms unseen on the mainland.