HONG KONG —Hong Kong police displayed a cuddly bear mascot and unveiled a new goose-step march Thursday as the financial hub held a “National Security Education Day”, part of its push to instill patriotism in a city chafing under China’s rule.
Beijing blanketed Hong Kong in a sweeping national security law last year in response to months of huge and often violent democracy protests that convulsed the international business hub.
Thursday’s education day, the first since the security law’s imposition last June, saw activities held across the city that burnished the security forces and outlined the threats China perceives it faces in Hong Kong.
At a morning ceremony attended …
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