April 13, 2021 last updated 17:3 ET A protester with an American flag in Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 2019 (AP photo by Vincent Thian). How Biden Can Stand With Hong Kong Earlier this month, hundreds of Hong Kongers thronged outside a courthouse in West Kowloon to protest the arrest of 47 activists and opposition lawmakers, who were attending an arraignment hearing inside. When the police took them into custody in early January, along with eight other activists, it was one of the most brazen acts of repression in the city since Beijing imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong last summer. With this latest action, Hong Kong authorities have jailed or driven into exile every notable opposition voice in the territory.