The communist regime has warned there will be a “huge impact” to the Australian economy if the Government pushes ahead with a plan Beijing despises.
China has lashed out at criticism of the new law, which came into force on June 30, demanding other governments don’t “interfere” in its affairs.
Critics have said Beijing now has open slather to prosecute dissent in its fractious territory and it does away with any pretence of the “one country, two systems” model which China agreed to when Britain gave up sovereignty in 1997.Britain has already stoked the regime’s fury after it said it will offer a path to citizenship to more than three million Hong Kong residents who were born before the handover to China.
The Chinese foreign ministry has already warned Britain of “consequences” for granting citizenship; the editorial said “similar penalties” could apply to Australia. Labour has said the Government should allow the 17,000 Hong Kong citizens already in Australia to remain if they are fearful of returning to the so-called autonomous region.
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