A woman (L) sticks a blank note onto a “Lennon Wall” outside a pro-democracy restaurant in Hong Kong on July 3, 2020, in response to a new national security law introduced in the city which makes political views, slogans and signs advocating Hong Kong’s independence or liberation illegal. Hong Kongers are finding creative ways to voice dissent after Beijing blanketed the city in a new security law and police began making arrests for people displaying now forbidden political slogans. - AFP
Hong Kong, July 4 (AFP): Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong is the most radical shift in how the semi-autonomous city is run since it was handed back to China by Britain in 1997.
China's authoritarian leaders say the powers will restore stability after a year of pro-democracy protests and will not stifle freedoms.
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