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‘Direct conflict’: Australia, UK, Canada and US express ‘deep concern’ over Chinese security law in Hong Kong

Australia, joined by the US and UK, has issued a stern rebuke of China after it pressed ahead with a new security law for Hong Kong.


Victoria Craw @Victoria_Craw
news.com.au
May 29, 2020 6:46am

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China has pushed ahead with ratifying a new law that Australia and others say will exacerbate divisions. Picture: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images


Australia, the UK, Canada and US have issued a joint statement taking aim at China’s decision to introduce a new security law in Hong Kong, saying the move will destroy trust between governments in the age of coronavirus.

Foreign Minster Marise Payne issued the statement along with her UK counterpart Dominic Raab, Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after China pushed ahead with plans to introduce a new law it says will crack down on terrorists in Hong Kong after months of pro-democracy protests last year.


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However Western nations have signalled their “deep concern” over the imposition and say “Hong Kong has flourished as a bastion of freedom.”

“The international community has a significant and longstanding stake in Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability. Direct imposition of national security legislation on Hong Kong by the Beijing authorities, rather than through Hong Kong’s own institutions as provided for under Article 23 of the Basic Law, would curtail the Hong Kong people’s liberties, and in doing so, dramatically erode Hong Kong’s autonomy and the system that made it so prosperous.”

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