China’s legislature passed a sweeping law today to suppress dissent in Hong Kong, which has for years operated as a semiautonomous city. “Early signals from Chinese authorities point to a crackdown once the law takes effect, which is expected by September,” The Times’s Keith Bradsher writes from Beijing.
Expecting the law, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have returned in force over the past few days. And the Trump administration may impose trade restrictions on exports from Hong Kong similar to those on goods from mainland China.
