EDITORIAL In Another Attack on Democracy, China Expels Hong Kong Legislators


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~It is high time that the Japanese government criticizes China in more forceful terms. ~ The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s supreme legislative organ, on November 11 ordered the disqualification from office of four members of the pro-democracy bloc of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo). This move by Beijing to arbitrarily expel legislators who were duly elected in direct elections by the people of Hong Kong came on the heels of the passage at the end of June of the draconian Hong Kong national security law. Together, they represent China’s grave challenge to democracy. International society...