Hong Kong to Pass Law Amid 'Rage' Over Booing of China's National Anthem

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Hong Kong to Pass Law Amid 'Rage' Over Booing of China's National Anthem
2017-10-31

Hong Kong has been warned that legislation banning any public form of disrespect to China's national anthem, the March of the Volunteers, must been passed into local law as recent protests when it is played have sparked "rage."

Zhang Rongshun of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee said the authority of the ruling Chinese Communist Party is at stake after repeated incidents where Hong Kong soccer fans have booed the anthem, which is played at the start of international fixtures.

"In recent years, incidents of disrespecting the national anthem had occurred in Hong Kong, challenging the bottom line of the principle of 'one country, two systems' and social morality and triggering rage among Chinese including most Hong Kong residents," Zhang said.

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