Hong Kong National Security Law

Nearly all of the city's prominent pro-democracy voices have been arrested or forced into exile.

The charges stem from a plan to win a majority in Hong Kong's legislature and use that power to veto the government's budget.

Those arrested took part last year in an unofficial primary election that Beijing denounced as a "serious provocation."

Bail has become the most immediate arena in which the ongoing struggle between China’s Communist Party and Hong Kong’s judicial system is taking place.

The case served as a flashpoint for Hong Kong's beleaguered pro-democracy movement.

The NSL has altered many long-standing allegiances and feuds within the different political identities in Hong Kong.

Washington’s latest Hong Kong sanctions have hit a nerve, but Beijing is also conscious of the Trump administration’s looming expiration date.

The sentencings of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam confirmed the fears of young Hong Kongers amid a growing number of arrests.

It prompted a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson to retort with a threat seemingly straight out of the Old Testament.

Following a decision by Beijing that ousted 4 lawmakers, the entire pro-democrat caucus quit en masse, leaving LegCo with virtually no opposition presence.

The moves announced so far are mostly symbolic – and far from enough to change Beijing’s calculus.