Hong Kong

hong: Many Hong Kong residents believe that once it is rubber-stamped by the Hong Kong Legislative Council, it will lead to the arrests of those who criticize the Beijing government, according to Georgia Asian. Joshua Wong, secretary general of the pro-democracy Demosisto party in Hong Kong, tweeted that foreign companies could even be victimized by this new evil law . He also claimed that China is scrapping its promise of autonomy under the Joint Declaration, which is a binding international the United Kingdom turned Hong Kong over to the People's Republic of China in 1997, people living in the former British colony were promised one country, two systems under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Today, the National People's Congress in Beijing voted for a national security law for Hong Kong, which is expected to outlaw secession, subversion, terrorism, and activities by foreign entities that interfere in Hong Kong. This constitutional principle of China was supposed to ensure that Hong Kong would remain autonomous, with its own passports and legislative assembly. The Basic Law of Hong Kong was described as the mini-constitution, protecting freedoms enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of association. Hong Kong would retain its capitalist economy and its legal system for 50 years after unification. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.