G7 urges China to ‘reconsider’ imposing security law on Hong Kong
June 18 (UPI) -- Hours before China's top legislature was to convene on Thursday, the Group of Seven powerful countries urged Beijing to reconsider imposing a controversial national security law on Hong Kong that critics say will dismantle the embattled region's autonomy. The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress was to convene from Thursday to Saturday when lawmakers will deliberate draft laws, China's state-run Xinhuanet reported without indicating if the Hong Kong bill was on the schedule. Advertisement China has come under widespread international criticism after its rubber-stamp legislature near-unanimously approved a bill late May to criminalize acts of secession, sedition, subversion, terrorism and conspiring with foreign actors to threaten national security in ...
