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Hong Kong’s decision to bar 12 pro-democracy candidates from standing in forthcoming local elections has raised serious concerns over whether genuine political opposition will be tolerated in the city following the imposition of a new security law by Beijing. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/asia/hong-kong-election-disqualification-intl-hnk/index.html
Police in Hong Kong have arrested four members of a student-led pro-independence group for suspected secessionist offenses on social media under the city’s sweeping new national security law. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/29/asia/hong-kong-security-law-election-intl-hnk/index.html
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has warned that the city’s hospital system could face “collapse” as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53575875