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Hong Kong's Freedoms: What China Promised and How It's Cracking Down
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- Publisher
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/hong-kong-freedoms-democracy-protests-china-crackdownAccessed 22 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Policy-analysis backgrounder, consulted via citation, on the 2014 Umbrella Movement, the 2019-2020 protests, the 30 June 2020 National Security Law and its effects, and the March 2024 Article 23 legislation.
Cited on
- Handover of Hong Kong to China, 1997
- History of Hong Kong self-determination and independence advocacy
- Hong Kong National Security Law, 2020
- Hong Kong protests, 2019-2020
- Hong Kong self-determination and independence advocacy
- Hong Kong self-determination and independence advocacy: current status
- Umbrella Movement, 2014