G-7 Calls on Beijing to Reconsider Hong Kong National Security Law

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington on March 25, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

All Group of Seven (G-7) foreign ministers on June 17 issued a joint statement calling on Beijing to reconsider imposing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) so-called “national security” legislation on Hong Kong.

Beijing’s rubber-stamp congress bypassed Hong Kong’s local legislature in late May to enact the legislation that would criminalize activities connected to subversion, succession, terrorism, and foreign interference.