China parliament eyes Hong Kong national security law after unrest

NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS. A man wears a face masks as he cycles past the Great Hall of the People, the venue for the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp legislature, in Beijing on May 20, 2020. Photo by Greg Baker/AFPa national security law in Hong KongBeijing has made clear it wants new security legislation passed after the semi-autonomous city was rocked by 7 months of massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests last year.

Article 23 of Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the Basic Law, says the city must enact national security laws to prohibit"treason, secession, sedition subversion" against the Chinese government. An attempt to enact Article 23 in 2003 was shelved after half a million people took to the streets in protest.

"This will be hugely damaging to Hong Kong's international reputation and to the prosperity of a great city," Patten said.

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