Quiz: can you navigate your way through Hong Kong’s national security law? | World news

Since it was first enacted earlier this year, Beijing’s controversial national security law has impacted politicians, activists, journalists and everyday life in Hong Kong. The law seems to be intentionally opaque, giving the security forces the power to arrest people for a host of ill-defined breaches. Combined with pandemic laws against gatherings, they form a formidable tightening on the city’s freedoms.

Can you navigate your way through Hong Kong’s national security law?

We’ll start off very simply. When was Hong Kong’s new national law enacted?

This one is trickier. When was the law first published in full?

Which one of these items could you be arrested for holding in public?

Which of these slogans or songs are banned?

In which of these scenarios can Beijing exercise jurisdiction over national security cases?

Hong Kong police have been granted new powers under the national security law. What are they?

You are an opposition politician in Hong Kong. What could get you in trouble under the national security law?

A newspaper runs an ad by a pro-democracy groups or pro-democracy activists. Under the new national security law, how long do police have to investigate?

Activists crowdfund a campaign for international aid and call on foreign countries to pressure China. Are they breaking the law?

You are doing this quiz on the Guardian website or app. While you are doing it, does the Hong Kong national security law apply to you?

Be honest. How many times in this quiz did you answer ‘All of the above’?

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There’s no prizes, but we hope it was an interesting way to learn about Hong Kong’s national security law

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Thank you for doing our quiz. There are no prizes. We hope it was an interesting way for you to find out more about the broad and sweeping way in which the authorities have been using the national security law to clampdown on freedom in Hong Kong.