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Beijing seen rushing to enact Hong Kong security law before Sept polls
It also likely wants law before July 1 handover anniversary, often marked by anti-govt rallies
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People collecting signatures for a petition supporting China's new national security law in Hong Kong on May 29. Beijing and its supporters insist that the law is meant to "protect" the one country, two systems process.
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Hong Kong's national security law was expected to be implemented on a fast-track basis, but a sense of added urgency was clearly apparent when China's top lawmaking body announced it would meet again barely a week after its last session.
Since the resolution to craft the law was adopted during the annual parliamentary session in Beijing last month, there was a sense that the legislation could be in place within months.
