Legal experts in China worry about a new law proposal about ‘hurt national feelings’. It aims to penalize actions or speech against the Chinese people or government. The proposal could alter China’s Public Security Administration Law. It plans to outlaw conduct and attire seen as damaging to national unity. The proposal doesn’t clearly define what […]
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