China pushes Hong Kong not to 'shirk duty' to enact contentious security law


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Nov 2017

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Chinese official admonished Hong Kong on Thursday for failing to introduce a national security law, ramping up pressure on the former British colony to enact the contentious Article 23 that critics say will further choke its freedoms.

The global financial hub has been ruled under a "one country, two systems" principle since it returned to China in 1997, guaranteeing freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland, including an independent judiciary and freedom of expression.

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