Hong Kong Passes Film Censorship Law to ‘Safeguard National Security’

Hong Kong Passes Film Censorship Law to ‘Safeguard National Security’
The trailer of Hong Kong movie 'The Attorney' is seen outside a cinema, in Hong Kong, on Oct. 27, 2021. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s legislature passed a new film censorship law on Wednesday to “safeguard national security,” though critics say it will dampen creativity in its world-famous movie industry and further reduce freedoms in the former British colony.

The Chinese communist regime imposed a sweeping “national security law” over its most restive city last year, and Hong Kong’s legislature has no opposition lawmakers left after mass resignations from the pro-democracy camp in protest against the ousting of some colleagues.