University/Organization
History Department
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
History Department
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
Title
Criminalizing Dissent: The Hong Kong Model of Repression
Synopsis
This essay examines how the People’s Republic of China’s response to the 2019 Uprising in Hong Kong fundamentally altered the city’s political landscape. It centers on the enactment of the National Security Law (NSL) on June 30, 2020, which is a deliberate distortion of Hong Kong’s core value of the “rule of law.” The NSL marked the start of a new era of repression, aiming to transform Hong Kong from a hub of opposition into a model of enforced compliance through legal means.