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The Chinese Regime’s Pledge to Hong Kong “Erodes:” Report

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A man looks at a building with an LED billboard displaying a slogan celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party and the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China in Hong Kong, on June 29, 2021. Bertha Wang/AFP via Getty Images
Dorothy Li
7/9/2021|Updated: 7/9/2021

The political system of Hong Kong is now almost no different from a city in mainland China, after the ruling Communist Party’s overhaul threatened the free business climate guaranteed by its separate judicial system, a report by the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) says.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-imposed national security law (NSL) has chipped away at the city’s core values of democracy, freedom, and human rights. Now, the one country, two systems policy has a “mere nominal existence,” according to the report (pdf) released in July.
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