Beijing planned Hong Kong’s subsidiary security legislation ‘for months’

The Hong Kong government completed the legislative procedure in four days, announcing the proposal on Monday, enacting it the following day through the “negative vetting” process and lawmakers completing their scrutiny on Thursday.

Multiple sources familiar with the legislative agenda told the Post that the subsidiary legislation, which came a little more than a year after the domestic national security law was passed, had been planned by Beijing for months.

Last Monday marked a significant development when an agreement was reached to remove most tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump for an initial 90-day period. The temporary trade truce has been seen as putting a brake on the escalating tensions and a pause in the trade conflict that has strained global markets.