Hong Kong’s national security work ‘an ongoing process’, Beijing says in white paper

Beijing has issued a white paper on Hong Kong’s role in safeguarding national security under the “one country, two systems” principle, stressing that the city’s struggles on this front “have never stopped” and will remain an “ongoing process”. The State Council issued the white paper on Tuesday, a day after a Hong Kong court sentenced former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying to 20 years in prison for offences under the national security law, which authorities described as befitting the severity of...