National security law is a bitter betrayal of Hong Kong’s promise and exposes all to fear and intimidation

Betrayal is the most apt word I can find to describe my feelings about Beijing’s foisting of a national security law on Hong Kong. I had been optimistic on July 1, 1997, when the city passed to Chinese rule, and ceased to be a British colony, under the “one country, two systems” concept of governance.There was no reason to disbelieve the assertions that the city would have a “high degree of autonomy”, and freedoms as they existed would remain and even be strengthened. Now, I am disappointed and…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3086820/national-security-law-bitter-betrayal-hong-kongs-promise-and