How life has changed in Hong Kong under sweeping security laws

Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park had been working in the literature department at the University of Hong Kong for about 10 years. But last year Mr Magnan-Park, who specialises in Hong Kong action films and Asian cinema, decided he wouldn’t be returning; he feared his work may land him in jail. “Everything is ambiguous,” he says, talking about the island’s new security laws. In 2020, Beijing imposed a National Security Law (NSL) on Hong Kong, and expanded on it last month with what’s known as Article 23. Non-profit organisation China File has recorded 292 arrests since 2020 under the National Security…