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no bull and the aftermath.

The fact that activists have just, they're leaving, right, and people are self-sensory.

I mean, these are two really obvious consequences of what has happened.

And this has happened for people who may be never even participated in the protest.

They're watching what they say.

They're not the ones who are going to be technically targeted if you think about what the

national security law says they shouldn't be the ones who are targeted, but they are so

worried about what this could mean for them that they are choosing to act differently.

I'm Benjamin Widis and this is the LawFair podcast February 10th, 2021.

Yes we've had an insurrection in the United States.

Yes we've had an insurrection in Washington, but on the other side of the world in Hong

Kong, they are trying protesters under the city's new Beijing imposed national security

law.

We thought it was a good time for an update on what's going on in Hong Kong and in its

relationship with China.

So we are joined in the virtual jungle studio by Sophia Yan from Beijing.

Sophia is of course LawFair's pianist, but in her day job, she's the Beijing correspondent

for the telegraph from London.

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