Friday, May 22, 2020

Hong Kong shares tumble as Beijing moves to tighten its grip


Shows why Taiwan rightly wants to continue its independence from China.

https://news.yahoo.com/fresh-hong-kong-fears-spark-sell-off-across-032009327.html


AFP
•May 22, 2020

Wall Street and European stocks ended mixed on Friday following heavy losses in Hong Kong over China's push for a national security law that drew rebukes from the United States and Europe.

On the first day of its rubber-stamp parliament's congress, China unveiled proposals to strengthen "enforcement mechanisms" in Hong Kong after the city was last year rocked by seven months of massive -- and sometimes violent -- pro-democracy protests.

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