Rushed. After the economic which is a story we bring you the stories in development the rapidly changing. President americas 1st policy trigger the move into a technological country on aljazeera. Chinas new National Security door is tightening beijings control over hong kong and stifling the protests that rocked the city a year ago with activists facing imprisonment prodemocracy candidates disqualified from elections and even a media mogul detained by Security Police are we seeing the end of one country 2 systems. This law will restore stability to hong kong this law will ensure that is very important principle one palm tree 2 systems can continue. The Chinese Government is tightening its grip on hunt calm. With the enactment of a National Security law that has ignited protests in everyone and spots an International Backlash we implemented based restrictions on those responsible for the hong kong cracka. The sweeping legislation was imposed a year off to a massive street protests rocked the city. Protests to said they were fighting for democracy. Beijing supporters described them as riots as and cistercian its. Going to sit there and wring our hands and say sorry we have no law against success and no you mustnt there to protect the hold up turn up close thats looking since the enactment of the National Security law some protest slogans have been censored. But news from raided. Its found detained. Activists have been arrested right here oh fuck boy are all pro democracy candidates disqualified from running in Legislative Council elections and then the polls themselves to spoon for a year. Activist were found to stay the course say theres very little room left to maneuver. The molds and hear who is overcome the fear hot compared to the frets from beijing more important is how to deal with the fear. Britain load its flag for the last time in hong kong on the 30th of june 1907. At midnight the city ceased to be a crown colony and became a special Administrative Region of the peoples republic of china. Under an agreement with the United Nations hong kong with bell be governed by an arrangement known as one country 2 systems dont show pings form and i was the lifestyle in hong kong. Shall remain unchanged for 15 years on come people who call. Not within hours of the handover martin leave also known as hong kong father of democracy was on the streets theres group of people very rich off the. Return of hong kong to china they also want to see. Democracy in china democracy. Like. Today li believes beijing is trying to shut him up. He and 14 other activists have been charged for taking part in the illegal assemblies. Was they were arrested in april weeks before the announcement of the National Security law and looks to still been seen all during. The jolliest day. Distributing in. The atlanta doesnt sun. They want to change there is no peace policy i dont agree so i become a traitor in their eyes they call me a traitor what have i done they have been breaking agreements if the people in the britain know my full bevel. Not. Just to prosecution since 1990 hong kongs Victoria Park has played host to the annual june 4th visual hells to remember those who died in the tenement square crackdown of 1989 but police banned the gathering this year citing restrictions imposed because of the covert 19 pandemic. Organizes that the memorial moved the event online but gathered on officially at the park. By early evening thousands of supporters had joined them in defiance of the ban was. Imminent implementation of the National Security law was on many peoples minds not meet no. One example or years. Now im writing i cannot tell you i. Will dig holes now ill hole in a zation to silence all of us of course which i will as a leader oh we will be jailed be in jail under the National Security. And of course we have to be prepared. Former student leader nathan little was among the crowd in what was likely his last act of civil disobedience in hong kong. He fled the city shortly before the National Security bill came into effect. This so have those of the National Theatre the oyster eradication or the freedom of speech and freedom of Assembly Freedom of. We are the predominant hotheads of the government so actually we are aware read about all things. Under article 23 of hong kongs constitution the basic law the region has to enact National Security legislation and the will but when the government tried to do so in 2003 hundreds of thousands of Home Congress took to the streets fearing such a little would have wrote their freedoms. The bill was ultimately withdrawn no further attempt was made to reintroduce it even though pro beijing politicians have always controlled the Legislative Council they ignored the hostile call people posted they dont want to suffer. The loss of reputation. And also loss of votes. The chief executive do. They want to do it. Chief executive want to keep a good reputation but ill go people. In 2019 massive protests gripped hong kong following the introduction of yet another controversial bill ah their own odd chief executive kerry lam wanted to amend the citys extradition law. Opponents fit doing so would allow the Chinese Government to demand that hong kong handover activists with dissidents living in or even just passing. Through the city. The demonstrations continued even after the bill was withdrawn. Among other things protesters called for Electoral Reform and an investigation into alleged Police Brutality and. Not everyone was peaceful. The unrest and alleged foreign interference was cited as key reasons for the National Security law we believe outside forces or resources supporting of which may aim at subverting the rule of china over hong kong or the rule of the Hong Kong Government so we have to pluck the low poll when you talk about outside forces is this based on the belief or is there evidence i think the Central Government has evidence im not in the intelligence service. The Central Government approved the National Security law but day before the 23rd anniversary of hong kongs handover to china. Outside Hong Kong Government headquarters supporters celebrated. But virtually no one in the region had seen a draft of the legislation it would all be decided in beijing with no input from hong kongs Legislative Council hong kong National Security law can only be passed by the Hong Kong Legislature according to the basic law which is a mini constitution what theyre doing is unconstitutional the responsibility and the power of inec to such a law d and implementing it is strictly a matter of all the Central Government. The full text of the law was own. The released when it took effect one hour before the 1st of july. The new legislation criminalizes for x. Secession subversion terrorism and collusion with a foreign country or external elements to endanger National Security. Penalties including life imprisonment. It allows chinese agents to operate openly in hong kong without being aunts or both to local authorities. Certain cases can be transferred to the mainland for trial this was exactly what protesters were trying to prevent when they opposed the extradition nor Amendment Bill last year. According to oss accord 38. 00 the new legislation applies to anyone anywhere in the world. Yes this is a piece of all that. Is broader than you know we would hope for them up again though this law needs to be enforced in hong kong and still have to go for the introducer and system. So that due process is still there they could have introduced mainland National Security to hong kong but in the pacific we drop a new law catered to hong kong and thus shows that how much they still wanted to system to work. At the ceremony marking the anniversary of the handover there was a similar message so you know why home dont like walk on luncheon laughs but i hope here in how fucked up saying happily more young her home gonna go though its easy to see if the lot of my fat see it done when young hello hello see my god how fucking it. We invited the Chinese Government to explain this father and respond to criticisms of the new law but they didnt reply. Ah ah. Out on the streets protesters were skeptical and defiance. And all thats left are they really have their own homeland and. Theres a lot of the areas they lost the war thats what we were like i dont feel where we are fighting for them all but. If theres something we need to overthrow. Police arrested some 370 people that day 10 in connection with a new National Security role. Every single one of us up taking far greater risk than before coming. According to the noise so brought that you think wasnt by any. One or even several that hatred was picked up among them can be seen as a threat to National Security. So that is why we are talking about. Salt leaves. Still on july the 1st protest is insisted on speaking their minds. Traditionally only a small minority of home conus supported independence from china. But such slogans have become increasingly popular in recent weeks. We were grumpiness 5 years in italy to remain with the right to work or study britain reacted to the new law by promising some 3000000 eligible hong kong as a pathway to citizenship. Over in the United States secretary of state mike compel announced a series of measures we implemented based restrictions on those responsible for the hong kong crackdown on monday we announced that we would end defense equipment to dual use technology exports of u. S. Originate going to the territory we will continue to implement president fox directive to end Hong Kong Special status. Under that directive hong kong would no longer be treated differently from Mainland China or enjoy certain benefits that came with its special status. The new developments raised questions about the citys future as a Global Financial center. All these companies i fear because of time so this piece of law would not scare them if you dont want to do business with china as i mentioned your 1000000000 hong kong so they on to be here but they dont want to be caught in the you know in this whole tension between the u. S. And china birthstone is now we are on i think at the middle of this whole free war between the us and china. For protesters the impact of the new legislation was quickly felt at this protest blank paper replaced posters and banners. Days earlier the government had employed that a populist slogan liberates hong kong revolution of all times was illegal under the National Security lol. Thats almost certain styles how hold on then ill find out that the you know my. Us hasnt done much has hired them to us at home so high on pot i fancy that. But even this relatively low key indoor gathering was considered illegal. Several protesters were arrested if there are reasonably Something Big like that up police when they want to stop and search they cant stop and search they have to for at. Least a police city. For hong kongs most famous activists the new low marks the beginning of a new reality. Being stalked by some of chinas aging d all of the politico new and home owners force as the things that i think the magic in the past. Well one of all proper call will for us i call all the for the whole afternoon icons guarantee my personal safety. Especially when will be a card i can china. And will be facing a life sentence what is that and the risk to you prosecute in china us all a kings court they gotta wonder how glad i got hold of people i got hired might give my dad haunted look just before the enactment of the National Security law. Announce that he was leaving dema sisto the Political Organization he cofounded with nathan youll all if you dont pull your family out and on the whole you get a lot of us a little boy and youll never get out sorry guys how do you know what the group disbanded soon after and your fled hong kong. The high degree of autonomy once promised its just another blatant lie. He went on to testify before the Us House Foreign Affairs committee beijing times hong kong into just another try to trick me while trying to keep out a shout in doing so it helps to bring the illusion that the 50 is the autonomous banker National Community must not become viewed on a new york of night there will be no the 2 had announced plans to run in the Legislative Council elections in september. Made no. Wrong stayed behind and continued his campaign prodemocratic him in hong kong wish to take my property in the hong kong Legislative Council legislative comes of hong kong be the place gator and beijing lawyers it should be the place good ring that was what people paid i got i do know that how you do you dont know why but that hong kongs prodemocracy camp has never controlled the Legislative Council despite winning the popular vote in every election since the handover election rules are stacked in the favor of their pro beijing opponents. But this year they hope to change things by selecting the strongest candidates via an unofficial primary. It was the day before the votes and police had just raided offices belonging to organizers of the primary. A Government Official had also warned that the poll might contravene the National Security law this is and families say to stop the people of hong kong expressing their the sense. They foolishly thing that with the extra colonial legislation people in hollywood just shut out. The tunnels exceeded the democratic camps hopes for 170000 people. By the end of the day some 600000. 00 homeowners had cost their votes. But 2 weeks later 12 prodemocracy candidates what barred from running in the elections. George wont was one of them. He was accused of among other things soliciting interference from foreign governments. Prior to the enactment of the National Security law long had urged governments in the us and europe to impose sanctions on china and various officials from the 18 pages after this provided by the electoral offices it seems to be the evidence that they generated with misleading propaganda and interpretation to prosecute news team with nationals are a lot but no matter what happens i see up hope and trust on hong kong people will still find a way out. When its hope was also disqualified for opposing a National Security law. Like she demanded as a front runner following the primary elections. I dont know of the happening again tomorrow maybe ill get arrested tomorrow maybe my Campaign Members will be worth it tomorrow. I do think the result of the democratic primaries is a shock to the communist party to raiding government they thought that by using a National Security law that the candidate backed down that the people would be very afraid to actually vote for the opposition camp. On the 31st of july the government postponed Legislative Council elections by a year citing risks linked to the covert 19 pandemic the decision to postpone the trainee trente alleged election has nothing to do with politics has nothing to do with the likely outcome of this round of elections. On the 7th of august the United States announced that it was sanctioning kerry lamb and 10 other chinese and hong kong officials for undermining hong kongs autonomy. I thought maybe 3 Days Later Police arrested media tycoon jimmy lie owner of the popular prodemocracy newspaper apple daily i did not expect him to address this creep i expect that when should. I rest. Because with this research readable carry out the whole. Western world as you know i think the whole interNational Community reidy had a very strong response against. The same afternoon some 200 police raided the apple daily building. We dont know what exactly that they collected from here. Say materials or their investigations we hope it. Doesnt involve any anything related to reporters work and bolting. Publicly but when they go they go itll buy you did not like it but i thought to myself im. Pretty boy. Inside the building and apple journalists light screamed the rate capturing the moment jimmied i returned to the newsroom in handcuffs also arrested with his 2 sons and several company executives. I was being investigated for colluding with foreign powers. Collusion has to be defined as action if i just talk to or a party just to get us whipped out cool rooty to do something to subvert my country or to destroy my country whatever. I dont see how th