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Not only are many of the proposals in Article 23 bad policy and misguided law on their own merits, but their practical effect will be to reduce the economic incentives for businesses, entrepreneurs, and scholars to congregate in Hong Kong. The "chilling effect" that will occur as Hong Kong essentially imports the same heavy-handed human rights policies practiced in the Chinese mainland will be significant and measurable. The outcome can easily be predicted: lower economic growth and financial vitality in ...

Image for article Letter from Her Majesty The Queen of the United Kingdom in Response to a Letter from European Friends of Falun Gong about the Article 23 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong SAR

(Clearwisdom.net)

19th December 2002

Dear European Friends of Falun Gong,

The Private Secretary has been asked by the Queen to thank you for your correspondence which has been received by Buckingham Palace, and to say that the enclosed reply is sent to you on her behalf.

Image for article Resisting the Evil to Validate Dafa, Breaking Free From Masanjia Labor Camp with Righteous Thoughts - Part 1

(Clearwisdom.net) Editor's note: This is the personal experience of an elderly Dafa practitioner from Northeastern China. She went to Beijing to validate Dafa, but criminal police officers sent her to Liaoning Province and detained her in the Longshan and Masanjia Labor Camps. Eventually, after experiencing tremendous hardships, she broke free from Masanjia with her indestructible will.

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