After briefly discussing last week's class on the matters of the destabilization of democracy in Myan Mar, I find this Wall Street Journal post of Hong Kong's strict security laws to essentially mirror the same situation, just in a different part of the world. As you may or may not know, Hong Kong is located in China but is not governed by China. Currently, with the start of a cold war between the U.S. and China, Hong Kong & Beijing passed new national-security legislation, and are now using their newly attained power to arrest protestors, round up opposition political figures, and eject 4 pro-democracy lawmakers from the city's legislature. With new security enacted, many people living in Hong Kong are afraid to lose most of their freedoms due to a murky legal system with minimal restrictions. The Biden-Harris administration has come out recently and said they will stand with the people of Hong Kong and against Beijing's crackdown on democracy.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-national-security-law-11605104896
Wall Street Journal, Joyu Wang, 2/5/21
Alec Kretovic, Blog Post #1
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