China will impose visa restrictions on certain United States individuals in response to Washington's move last week to place similar limits on Chinese officials over Hong Kong.
Visa restrictions will be imposed on certain Americans with"egregious conduct relating to Hong Kong," Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian said Monday.
China's National People's Congress is currently in the final stages of drafting the law -- details of which have not been revealed -- and is expected to pass it this week, perhaps even by Tuesday. This action comes about a month after the Trump administration declared Hong Kong no longer maintained a high degree of autonomy from China, due to Beijing's plan to impose the new national security law on the city.
It could also allow mainland Chinese security services to operate in Hong Kong for the first time and give Beijing the power to override local laws, as well as send certain defendants to mainland China for trial. In the mainland, national security laws have been used to prosecute pro-democracy campaigners, human rights activists, lawyers and journalists. Arbitrary punishments and secret detentions are almost unheard of in Hong Kong -- but people worry this new law could change that. The South China Morning Post, citing unnamed sources, that life imprisonment is being considered for some cases.
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