Hong Kong Passes Own National Security Law, Bowing to Beijing 

Lawmakers vote during the second reading of Safeguarding National Security Bill, also referred to as Basic Law Article 23, at the Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, in Hong Kong, China, March 19, 2024.

Hong Kong’s legislature approved its own national security law Tuesday further bolstering the government’s power to silence dissent. The legislation goes further than a similar one imposed on the port city by China four years ago in the wake of the 2019 pro-democracy protests.