As the world continues to learn more about China ‘s stunning National Security Law, many are now learning that even people who don’t live nor have ever been to Hong Kong are subject to the law. According to Article 38 of the law, the law applies even to those outside of Hong Kong that may violate it — making it one of the world’s most farthest-reaching laws we’ve probably ever seen.
The problem with the National Security Law is that it attempts to reach people who in fact don’t actually live within the grounds of China or Hong Kong — therefore making China ‘s CCP jurisdiction rather difficult to actually enforce. At least half-a-dozen countries as of this writing, have actually suspended or outright ended their extradition treaties with China all together.
But the law still reaches farther than most expect. This week Princeton and Harvard announced that because of the law they’re giving students codified nicknames while on school grounds and in classes that may target sensitive topics. By sensitive, we explicitly mean those that Chinese officials want to lie about and then pretend like they never happened.
It remains to be seen how China actually intends to enforce the law in countries that refuse to extradite people to China entirely. The UK; the US, and a host of other countries have outright banned extraditions to mainland China.
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