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It's Tuesday, May 26th.

Today, Beijing moves to tighten its grip on Hong Kong.

The summer movie Hollywood's betting on, and a bus driver on the front lines.

This past weekend in Hong Kong, we saw a return to the protest that basically defined the city last year.

There were tens of thousands of people taking the street once again.

This time to protest against China's latest effort to get Hong Kong more under its control.

I name Mr. Shibani Metani, and I'm the Hong Kong Bureau Chief of the Washington Post.

This time, China has perhaps taken its boldest move yet here in Hong Kong.

This sweeping new law that will basically outlaw terrorism, successionism,

a subversion of the state, as well as foreign interference.

All these things are very broad, and protestors' activists, normal people fear it will mark the end of their lives in Hong Kong as they know it.

The end of the freedoms they've always enjoyed will disappear.

One of the central principles of the rule of law is that everyone is equal.

No one is above the law. Not even the Chief Executive is above the law.

Are they saying that there will be a commission or an organization in Hong Kong that is above the law?

Then that will be the end of Hong Kong.

There are a pro-democracy legislators here who are very vocal about how they feel about the direction Hong Kong is hitting.

Would they ever be able to run again? Would they all be disqualified, criminalized?

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