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Hong Kong's National Security Act is not only of political nature, it offers Chinese companies concrete advantages over Western competitors. State-owned enterprises can invoke national interests in the event of a dispute. With this Hong Kong is finally losing its status as an oasis of the rule of law, warns Dennis Kwok. Kwok was an MP for the pro-democracy Civic Party and now lives in exile.
By Redaktion Table
A little over a year after the security law was passed, Hong Kong's future has never been more uncertain. The US is warning foreign companies about arbitrary government action, courts obstruct trials of imprisoned opposition, young people are suspected of planning bomb attacks, and thousands are turning their backs on the city and moving abroad. Quo vadis, Hong Kong?
By Marcel Grzanna
Following the state-enforced closure of the Apple Daily newspaper, other China-critical media in Hong Kong are also fearing for their future. The National Security Act hangs over the editorial offices like a sword of Damocles. Even the renowned South China Morning Post is rumoured to be sold to a Chinese investor loyal to the state, who could turn it into an instrument for Beijing's propaganda.
By Marcel Grzanna