FILE – Members of the Democratic Party hold banners and placards during a protest in front of the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong, May 22, 2020.
Four years after the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, pro-democracy political parties in Hong Kong are facing unprecedented political pressure. Following the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy figures to severe penalties for conspiring to subvert state power, two major pro-Beijing newspapers on Thursday issued strong condemnations of Hong Kong\’s largest pro-democracy party, the Democratic Party.
Analysts believe this signals that Beijing is issuing a final ultimatum to the Democratic Party, a mainstay of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy politics since its founding in 1994.
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By：VOA
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