Riot police pepper spray while clashing with a group of mediators during demonstrations against the draft bill.Ivan Abreu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
In a landslide vote on Thursday, China passed new national security legislation for Hong Kong that will effectively crush the city's autonomy.
The legislation is meant to crack down on dissent, subversion, terrorism, and treason against the Chinese government, and will work to limit the freedoms of the semiautonomous arrangement that Hong Kong has had since 1997.
The new measure gives China the authority to draft and propose national security laws, such as establishing a formal police presence within Hong Kong, suppressing political speech and activism, and imposing long jail sentences for violations.
Critics of the new legislation have called it the "end of Hong Kong" and see it as a major blow to the city's freedoms. Others view it as a measure of retaliation to suppress Hong Kong voices after several months of protests against a Chinese extradition law occurred last year.
Over the last few days, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets to fight against the new draconian measure. At least 360 have been arrested.
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