BEIJING—China’s largely rubber-stamp parliamentary body, the National Congress, formally extended a law banning disrespect of the national anthem to cover Hong Kong on Saturday, Oct. 4, a move that critics have said undermined Chinese-ruled Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms.
In the past few years, some Hong Kong football fans have booed the national anthem during World Cup qualifiers and other matches, expressing their discontent with the growing reach of the Chinese Communist Regime into Hong Kong’s affairs.
