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China Flexes its Legal Muscles in Hong Kong Potentially Ending its Unique Status
Trump’s Rebuke Curtails Ties to Hong Kong but Does Little to Blunt Beijing’s Influence
by Yasmine El-Geressi With the world distracted by covid-19, China has been advancing its regional ambitions through a series of aggressive
actions across Asia in recent weeks. The moves were capped on May 21 when China stripped away a layer of Hong Kong’s autonomy by announcing a new national-security legislation which would make it a crime to undermine Beijing’s author-
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