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- Thursday, July 30, marked one month since China imposed a new national-security law on Hong Kong.
- A lot has happened in a very short time.
- Vocal activists fled to safety abroad, political organizations disbanded, and pro-democracy candidates were banned from running in September's legislative election (which was also postponed on Friday).
- But pro-democracy activists have vowed to fight on, with some finding new ways to protest without falling afoul of the law, and others planning a parliament in exile.
- Elsewhere, China and Britain have exchanged barbs after the UK promised to give 3 million Hong Kongers a path to citizenship.
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Thursday, July 30, marked one month since China's new national security law came into force in Hong Kong.
From June 30, China has wielded the power to define and punish "separatism, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference" in the city as it sees fit.
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