Last week, China鈥檚 National People鈥檚 Congress set in motion new, restrictive legislation for Hong Kong. Activists in Hong Kong see this move as the end of the Basic Law, which guarded the people of Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy to govern their own affairs, writes , associate professor of government, in a .
鈥淏eijing has previously made promises of autonomy in other restrictive regions鈥攍ike Tibet,鈥 . 鈥淕rasping how Chinese leaders have repeatedly offered Tibetan autonomy, only to rescind it, reveals what the future might hold for Hong Kong.鈥
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