Hong Kong’s security law is going to devastate its economy
I read all these headlines, but when I then followup to read more about the text of the proposed laws [1], I have a hard time seeing that aside from freedom of speech infringements (and ability to imprison, fine based on those -- which are clearly a bit vague in terms of enforcement, but otherwise as bland as a lot of US legislation), these laws are not egregiously different from what exist in some other countries.<p>Aside from the symbolism, can someone enlighten me why they have practical, real worries that this is going to cause some massive political or social change over there?   Or whether companies will really shy away from doing business when they already face laws like this elsewhere?   Or that the economy there is going to dry up because of this?<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress_Decision_on_Hong_Kong_national_security_legislation" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress_D...</a>