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\u201cSome people disregard the facts and maliciously slander China\u2019s human rights situation\u2026 and crudely interfere in China\u2019s internal affairs,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a daily news briefing in Beijing on Friday.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cStop meddling in Hong Kong affairs and China\u2019s affairs in any way,\u201d the Chinese official said.<\/p>\n\n

The remarks came after the UN special rapporteurs on human rights said in a letter on Friday that parts of the law \u201cappear to criminalize freedom of expression or any form of criticism\u201d of China.<\/p>\n\n

The rapporteurs also said the security law \u201cposes a serious risk\u201d to \u201cfundamental freedoms.\u201d They claimed the security law breached international legal obligations, and urged China to \u201creconsider\u201d the decision to apply the law to semi-autonomous Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n

Hong Kong enacted the national security law back in July, criminalizing sedition, secession, and subversion against mainland China.<\/p>\n\n

Mainland security agencies were also officially allowed to be based in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n

Critics of the law view it as a blow to the region\u2019s autonomy and civil liberties. Brief protests were staged in Hong Kong after the law was proposed on May 22.<\/p>\n\n

China says the law is necessary to tackle secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces following violent anti-government protests that escalated in June last year.<\/p>\n\n

The US, Britain, and other Western countries have criticized the law and have moved to take action against Beijing and Hong Kong. China, however, insists that Hong Kong is a purely internal Chinese affair.<\/p>\n\n

Hong Kong was rocked by violent protests over another bill that would have reformed its extradition law last year. Rioters vandalized the city, destroying public and private property and attacking anyone deemed to be pro-government. Hong Kong dropped that bill, but the acts of violence continued.<\/p>\n\n

The Chinese government says the United States and Britain fanned the flames of that unrest in Hong Kong by supporting the protesters.<\/p>\n\n

Hong Kong has been governed under the \u201cone-country, two-system\u201d model since the city \u2014 a former British colony \u2014 was returned to China in 1997.<\/p>\n\n

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