Consider This: Hong Kong (Part 1) -- City Of Protest Silenced?

About a year ago, on the 23rd of June 2020, Beijing introduced a National Security Law in Hong Kong -- in response to the mass pro-democracy protests that had turned violent. The law had essentially reduced Hong Kong's judicial autonomy, and made it easier to punish demonstrators and activists. It criminalises secession, subversion, and collusion with foreign forces -- with the maximum sentence life in prison. In the year since the law was enacted, more than 100 people have been arrested under its provisions. Why exactly is Beijing bent on crushing dissent in Hong Kong? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Victoria Hui, Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.