Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam walks to her seat as she arrives for the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2021. - AFP
BEIJING, March 5 (AFP): China's rubber-stamp parliament opened Friday with eliminating Hong Kong's political opposition on the agenda, a day after dozens of democracy campaigners in the city were jailed.
China has ushered in a sweeping crackdown against dissent in the former British colony after huge and often violent pro-democracy protests rocked the city in 2019.
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