China's leaders were caught off guard by Hong Kong's fierce protests. A year later, they're armed with a law that ensures Beijing's firm control.
One year ago, protesters commemorated the anniversary of Britain’s handover of Hong Kong to China byThe message was provocative and clear. But as the territory wakes up Wednesday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the transfer, it does so underthat ensures the semiautonomous city is firmly under China’s control and that makes clear Beijing has no qualms about ignoring international criticism.
What’s unfolding is a law that will probably change the personality of a city and the contours of its beliefs, forcing activists, whose yellow helmets last year stood out amid barrages of tear gas, to rethink strategies or abandon their pro-democracy slogans to an increasingly intolerant government. It is a moment when civil freedoms, which for decades gave Hong Kong an enticing hold on Asia’s imagination, collide with the designs of authoritarianism.
Police made their first arrest under the new law Wednesday within hours of its going into effect, hustling away a protester who carried a flag calling for Hong Kong’s independence, the Associated Press reported. The man was arrested after police issued multiple warnings to demonstrators in the Causeway Bay shopping district that they might be in violation of the law, according to a police statement on Twitter.
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