China Votes to Override Hong Kong’s Autonomy on National Security

China’s legislature accredited a resolution to impose national-protection guidelines on Hong Kong, overriding the territory’s partial autonomy in a bid to crush anti-Beijing protests that have challenged Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The vote on Thursday, the finish of a weeklong session of Beijing’s rubber-stamp legislature, the Nationwide People’s Congress, accredited a decision to “establish and boost the legal framework and enforcement mechanisms for national security” in Hong Kong, state broadcaster China Central Tv explained.

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