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    Beijing Attempts To Remake Hong Kong In Its Image As National Security Law Takes Hold

    Educators, journalists, political figures and ordinary citizens have been intimidated and even arrested as China moves to stifle protest and civil society with its new law.
    by Emily Feng Aug 11, 2020 5 minutes

    Textbooks censored. Teachers investigated for improper speech. Students arrested and charged with secession for their social media posts.

    Just over a month after Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong, authorities are targeting in rapid succession figures at all levels of Hong Kong's civil society and education sectors, despite assurances from Beijing officials and Hong Kong's top leader that the law would only be used to target a small minority of people.

    The new law is notable for its sweeping extraterritorial scope. Beijing has long accused the U.S. and other western powers of meddling in Hong Kong, and now it has a national security law to prosecute such cases, which include activist Samuel Chu.

    Chu, a Hong Kong-born U.S. citizen, is now a fugitive wanted

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