International News China Hong Kong rushed to pass new national security laws in 2020. READ MORE The NYT noted that reactions to the new laws in Hong Kong were muted this time: "The first attempt to pass such legislation, in 2003, set off mass protests. But since 2020, when China imposed its own security law on Hong Kong, opposition figures have been jailed. The EU and UN criticized the new legislation, which the UN called “incompatible” with international human rights rules.