Legislature approves resolution to impose national-security laws on Hong Kong in a bid to crush anti-Beijing protests

Chinas legislature approved a resolution to impose national-security laws on Hong Kong, overriding the territorys partial autonomy in a bid to crush anti-Beijing protests that have challenged Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
The vote on Thursday, the end of a weeklong session of Beijings rubber-stamp legislature, the National Peoples Congress, approved a decision to establish and enhance the legal framework and enforcement mechanisms for national security in Hong Kong, state broadcaster China Central Television said.
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