logo
ES EN

Editorial: Le Monde

Hongkong sous la férule de Xi Jinping
March 21, 2024

  • The new national security law, the most severe since Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, was adopted in record time.
  • The law expands and strengthens the 2020 law and punishes five new types of crimes with sentences of up to life imprisonment.
  • It allows detention without trial or lawyer for up to sixteen days.
  • This legislative rush completes the Chinese regime's takeover of Hong Kong.
  • President Xi Jinping has succeeded in implementing Article 23, and this crucial step in controlling the former British colony is his victory.
  • Hong Kong has become a Chinese city with restrictions on freedoms and human rights.

Conclusion: Foreign investors should learn from this and the "de-risking" policy practiced by Western governments towards Beijing should also extend to Hong Kong.