Panel: Five years on, what has Hong Kong gained from its national security law?

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  Hello and welcome to the panel discussion of World Today.

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  I'm Ding Hen in Beijing.

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  It's been five years

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  since the enactment of a national security law in Hong Kong following the unrest in the city in 2019.

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  The law defines four categories of offenses, secession, subversion,

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  terrorist activities, and collusion with external forces to endanger national security.

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  In a recent signed article,

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  Hong Kong Chief Executive Jiang Li said the Hong Kong society has remained stable and prosperous

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  since the law's implementation.

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  How has the Lao safeguarded the practice of one country, two systems in Hong Kong?

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  And how has the restoration of stability revitalized the city's development dynamics?

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  These questions and much more in this edition of the program.

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  So joining us now on the line are Professor Yao Shujie,

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  Deputy Director of the Department of Social Sciences,

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  Chongqing University, Dr. Edward Lehman,

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