“We can no longer allow acts like desecrating national flags or defacing of the national emblem in Hong Kong.”

“The new law will be introduced in Hong Kong through promulgation, without the need for local legislation.”

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Beijing to introduce national security law for Hong Kong

Draft resolution for Hong Kong law to proscribe secessionist and other activities in city to be presented as motion to National People’s Congress on Friday, sources say.

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For years we’ve been awaiting that Sword of Damocles moment when we can declare HK dead, wondering if it might be better than these years of 滴水穿石 erosion during which we're gaslit, told we’re overreacting to every incremental drip.

Tonight th


For years we’ve been awaiting that Sword of Damocles moment when we can declare HK dead, wondering if it might be better than these years of 滴水穿石 erosion during which we're gaslit, told we’re overreacting to every incremental drip. Tonight the sword may have finally dropped.
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Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 (@rhokilpatrick)

For years we’ve been awaiting that Sword of Damocles moment when we can declare HK dead, wondering if it might be better than these years of 滴水穿石 erosion during which we're gaslit, told we’re overreacting to every incremental drip. Tonight the sword may have finally dropped.

Chaos and violence have been scheduled for Wednesday, and my manager says we probably shouldn't work from the office that day.