HONG KONG — China has moved to crush Hong Kong’s democracy movement after huge and violent protests rocked the finance hub two years ago, hammering the flickering freedoms and autonomy it promised the city would keep after British colonial rule ended in 1997.
The latest iteration of this crackdown is a ban on any rallies to commemorate Friday’s anniversary of Beijing’s deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Here are some key developments over the past year.
First confirmation of security law
The first whispers of a new national security law for Hong Kong come in May 2020 when China’s top legislative body unveils plans to strengthen “enforcement mechanisms” in the city.
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