National security law: five differences between Hong Kong’s new legislation and 2003’s shelved Article 23 bill

As Hong Kong comes to grips with the sweeping national security law tailor-made by Beijing, it may appear as if the legislation was drawn from scratch. But there are parallels with another home-made version, crafted in the city almost two decades ago.In 2003, an unpopular bill that regulated seven acts was pushed forward by the local government, but it was shelved after more than 500,000 people took to the streets on July 1, the handover anniversary marking Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3092396/national-security-law-five-differences-between-hong-kongs