Daily Mail
Date: 16 July 2020
By: AFP
Chen Ming-tong, chairman of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, has warned that China could use the new Hong Kong security law for ‘hostage diplomacy’
The Hong Kong security law has rattled nearby self-ruled Taiwan, which China regards as its own territory and has vowed to one day seize, by force if necessary.
A provision within the law claims global jurisdiction and allows China to prosecute especially serious cases instead of semi-autonomous Hong Kong's independent judiciary.
The law would enable Beijing to carry out "hostage diplomacy", Chen Ming-tong, head of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan's top China policy body, told reporters.
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