Ill be back tomorrow. Mike will be here at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news. Hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The International Outcry prompted by chinas imposition of a draconian new National Security law in hong kong has been long and loud, but will it make any difference . Inside the territory itself, protests have been muted and the main pro democracy activist movement, well, its disbanded itself. My guest today was one of the founders of that movement, nathan law. He is now in exile here in london. So, is chinas hardline hong kong strategy working . Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for the invitation. Lets begin with your current situation. Why did you decide to flee hong kong . Well, as we all know, the hong kong government, well, at least accepted, or the Central Government directly enacted, the National Security law in hong kong, which. It is written in such a broad and fake term that could well possibly be used as a legal weap
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Just citizens to back stability security and prosperity. Welcome to the program Chinas National Peoples Congress has passed a controversial security. That critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous state of drink some people in hong kong showed their support for the new law democracy activists opposed it critics say it restricts freedom with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by try. When he took control of the home of british colony in 1907 britain has called the noodle a grave step but hong kongs chief executive said the knoll would only target a small communal minority. Im now joined by Joshua Rosensweig from a misty internationals Regional Office in hong kong mr rosensweig welcome you have said that the bossing of this civil court represents the greatest threat to human rights in the citys recent history so effectively you are saying that the Chinese Government is acting against its own people. Well i think the Chinese Government is acting against the