China equates self-determination with independence 《現代學術研究 專刊1》1989； "民族自決"運動(《楊肇嘉回憶錄》)

Who will be affected next as Beijing moves to bar lawmakers from LegCo? Basic Law Committee Chair Li Fei said that concepts such as national self-determination and the Hong Kong nation are “essentially” the same as Hong Kong independence.

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Hong Kong activists 黃之鋒 Joshua Wong and Jeffrey Ngo have engaged in a public back-and-forth with China's foreign affairs organ. Ngo told HKFP that he never expected to see such a prompt response from China over their article advocating for self-determination.

"We ought to regain Hong Kongers’ right to self-determination from the international community so that the people, rather than the authoritarian regime in Beijing, can truly decide our own future," the duo wrote.