Beijing's crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong

Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 6, 2021

China has moved to crush Hong Kong's democracy movement after huge and violent protests rocked the finance hub last year, hammering the flickering freedoms and autonomy it promised the city would keep after British colonial rule ended in 1997. In the latest salvo, about 50 opposition figures were arrested on Wednesday under a new national security law on charges of "subversion" - by far the