- 1. What did protesters in 2020 say the new national security law proposals strike at?
A) The judicial independence of mainland China
B) The daily transportation system of the city
C) People's sense of belonging, civic political identity, and success as an international hub
D) Only the economic trade status with Western nations
- 2. What does the Cantonese slang term 'lam chau' refer to in the context of opponents hoping to revoke special treatment?
A) The mass migration of Hong Kong residents to Taiwan
B) A peaceful negotiation strategy with the Chinese central government
C) Damaging China's economy by causing other countries to revoke special treatment toward Hong Kong
D) A financial investment plan to boost local businesses
- 3. Which professional body issued a statement being 'gravely concerned' with the contents and manner of introduction of the national security law?
A) The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
B) The Law Society of England and Wales
C) The Hong Kong Journalists Association
D) The Hong Kong Bar Association
- 4. According to politician Margaret Ng, what did the Chinese government use as an excuse to implement a national security law?
A) The collapse of the local real estate market
B) The outbreak of a major global pandemic
C) The results of the district council elections
D) The 2019 protests
- 5. How did Man-Kei Tam, the Hong Kong director of Amnesty International, describe the Chinese legislation?
A) Beneficial
B) Orwellian
C) Transparent
D) Progressive
- 6. On what date was the national security law passed?
A) 2 July
B) 22 May
C) 30 June
D) 1 June
- 7. Which democracy activists announced they were leaving Demosistō following the passing of the law?
A) Martin Lee, Anson Chan, Jimmy Lai, and Claudia Mo
B) Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Agnes Chow, and Jeffrey Ngo
C) Carrie Lam, Tung Chee-hwa, Leung Chun-ying, and John Lee
D) Leung Kwok-hung, Fernando Cheung, Helena Wong, and Alvin Yeung
- 8. What happened to Demosistō shortly after prominent activists left the organization?
A) It merged with a pro-Beijing political party
B) It transformed into a registered business corporation
C) It was disbanded and all operations ceased
D) It relocated its headquarters to London
- 9. Who observed that the passing of the law created a chilling effect where ordinary people declined to comment?
A) Nathan Law from Demosistō
B) Margaret Ng from the political sector
C) Man-Kei Tam from Amnesty International
D) Adrian Brown from Al Jazeera
- 10. What actions did many Hong Kong people take despite the law not being retroactive?
A) Deleted pro-democracy social media posts and accounts, and asked journalists to destroy evidence
B) Organized massive street rallies across the city
C) Applied for positions within the Chinese government
D) Painted new Lennon Walls in public squares
- 11. What change in web searches occurred after the passage of the NPCSC decision on 22 May?
A) Web traffic to government portals increased threefold
B) Searches for local real estate dropped to zero
C) Searches for mainland Chinese universities doubled
D) Ten times the usual number of web searches about emigration were recorded
- 12. Following a British announcement, a spike in interest in properties occurred in which countries?
A) Japan, South Korea, and Singapore
B) France, Germany, and Italy
C) United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada
D) The United States, New Zealand, and Brazil
- 13. According to the Reuters poll conducted in June before the law was implemented, what percentage of Hong Kongers opposed it?
A) Sixty-six percent opposing
B) Sixty percent opposing
C) A majority, with 49% strongly opposing and 7% somewhat opposing
D) Exactly 31% opposing
- 14. What did the Reuters poll conducted in late August after the law was implemented show regarding opposition?
A) 74% of respondents opposed the law
B) 60% of respondents opposed the law
C) 31% of respondents opposed the law
D) 49% of respondents opposed the law
- 15. How many adult citizens were interviewed by the Hong Kong Research Association on 2–5 July?
A) 1,097
B) 500
C) 963
D) 2,900,000
- 16. According to the Hong Kong Research Association survey, what percentage of respondents supported the enactment of the law?
A) 66%
B) 47%
C) 74%
D) 31%
- 17. Which think tank conducted a sampling survey in May 2020 interviewing 963 adult citizens?
A) The Hong Kong Bar Association
B) The One Country Two Systems Research Institute
C) The Hong Kong Research Association
D) Amnesty International Hong Kong
- 18. In the One Country Two Systems Research Institute survey, what percentage of respondents stated Hong Kong is responsible for safeguarding the country's security?
A) 16.6%
B) 66%
C) 9.5%
D) 74%
- 19. On 1 June, what did a pro-Beijing group claim to have gathered supporting the legislation?
A) Ten thousand signatures from local business owners
B) Five hundred thousand signatures from university students
C) One million signatures collected exclusively online
D) More than 2.9 million signatures through a website and street booths
- 20. Who jointly backed Beijing's plan to impose a national security law regarding acts that threaten the existence of the state?
A) The leaders of all major opposition political parties
B) The presidents of major international banking corporations
C) The representatives of foreign consulates in Hong Kong
D) The heads of the governing council of Hong Kong's eight publicly funded universities
- 21. What did Beijing state it would 'absolutely neither permit' regarding Hong Kong?
A) Anyone advocating secession
B) Democratic elections
C) Free market trade
D) Foreign investments
- 22. Who was the Chief Executive of Hong Kong when Beijing announced its stance on secession?
A) Leung Chun-ying
B) Wang Zhimin
C) Carrie Lam
D) Luo Huining
- 23. What year did Wang Zhimin urge the Hong Kong government to enact national security legislation?
A) 2018
B) 2019
C) 2015
D) 2020
- 24. According to Wang Zhimin, what was Hong Kong lacking that constituted a major weakness in national security?
A) A military garrison
B) An independent judiciary
C) An extradition treaty
D) National security legislation
- 25. Who called for the rapid passing of a national security law for the city on 15 April?
A) Wang Zhimin
B) Carrie Lam
C) Luo Huining
D) Leung Chun-ying
- 26. How long was the NPC session aimed to take for the introduced draft?
A) Three days
B) Three months
C) One year
D) One week
- 27. Normally, how many rounds of approval do bills in the NPC go through?
A) Two
B) Four
C) One
D) Three
- 28. How many particular crimes were established by the national security law?
A) Ten
B) Four
C) Five
D) Two
- 29. Which crime, alongside secession, terrorism, and collusion with foreign organisations, was established by the law?
A) Smuggling
B) Subversion
C) Corruption
D) Espionage
- 30. Which article of the Hong Kong Basic Law required that a national security law be enacted by Hong Kong?
A) Article 18
B) Article 23
C) Article 50
D) Article 38
- 31. Why did a 2003 attempt by the Hong Kong Legislative Council to satisfy Article 23 fail?
A) After mass demonstrations
B) Because of the COVID-19 pandemic
C) Due to a veto by the British government
D) Due to a lack of quorum
- 32. What novel coronavirus outbreak coincided with the 2003 attempt to pass legislation?
A) Swine flu
B) Bird flu
C) SARS
D) COVID-19
- 33. What novel coronavirus outbreak coincided with the 2020 passage of legislation?
A) Ebola
B) COVID-19
C) SARS
D) MERS
- 34. When was Article 23 finally implemented with the enactment of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance?
A) March 2024
B) July 2003
C) June 2020
D) July 1997
- 35. How many countries other than the United Kingdom condemned the national security law?
A) 50
B) 26
C) 10
D) 5
- 36. Which international agreement did the United Kingdom say the national security law breached?
A) The 1997 Handover Agreement
B) The World Trade Organization Charter
C) The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration
D) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 37. How many years of autonomy were provided for Hong Kong under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration?
A) 50 years
B) 10 years
C) 25 years
D) 99 years
- 38. Which article of the national security law states that it is applicable to those who are neither permanent residents nor residents of Hong Kong?
A) Article 18
B) Article 23
C) Article 50
D) Article 38
- 39. Which ordinance specifically covers elements of security and was intended to prevent the creation of criminal secret societies and triads?
A) Crimes Ordinance
B) Basic Law Ordinance
C) Official Secrets Ordinance
D) Societies Ordinance
- 40. In what year was the Societies Ordinance reintroduced and amended to specifically mention "foreign political organisations"?
A) 1949
B) 1993
C) 1971
D) 1997
- 41. Since what year has the Crimes Ordinance been in place without being amended?
A) 2020
B) 1949
C) 1971
D) 1993
- 42. In what year was national security legislation first implemented in mainland China?
A) 2020
B) 1993
C) 1949
D) 1971
- 43. Who set up a National Security Commission that he heads himself, making mainland China's law more restrictive?
A) The Central People's Government
B) The NPCSC
C) Wilson Leung
D) Xi Jinping
- 44. What is the position of Xi Jinping within the Chinese Communist Party as mentioned in the text?
A) Chief executive
B) General secretary
C) President of the Basic Law
D) Head barrister
- 45. What international principles were invoked in response to the inclusion of 'national security' in the Societies Ordinance?
A) Siracusa Principles
B) Westphalia Principles
C) Nuremberg Principles
D) Beijing Principles
- 46. When was the Crimes (Amendment) (No.2) Bill introduced by the Hong Kong Legislative Council?
A) June 1989
B) December 1996
C) January 1992
D) July 1997
- 47. How did the Hong Kong council describe the sedition legislation existing prior to the 1996 bill?
A) Democratic and lenient
B) Archaic
C) Modern and comprehensive
D) Adequate for the handover
- 48. What did the 1996 Crimes Bill propose regarding dissent of the government?
A) Restricting dissent to the judiciary
B) Banning all forms of dissent
C) Criminalizing speech completely
D) Legalising dissent
- 49. When did the Hong Kong government release its Consultation Document for Article 23?
A) December 2002
B) July 2003
C) September 2002
D) February 2003
- 50. When was the National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill introduced?
A) December 2002
B) July 2003
C) February 2003
D) September 2002
- 51. What did the 2003 bill do to the definition of 'sedition'?
A) Replaced it with treason
B) Broadened the definition significantly
C) Narrowed the definition
D) Removed the definition entirely
- 52. Who was the Chief Executive of Hong Kong during the 2003 protests?
A) Chris Patten
B) Tung Chee-hwa
C) Regina Ip
D) James Tien
- 53. Who was the Secretary for Security in charge of the 2003 bill?
A) Regina Ip
B) James Tien
C) Anson Chan
D) Tung Chee-hwa
- 54. Who was the Liberal Party chairman who resigned from the Executive Council on 6 July 2003?
A) James Tien
B) Tung Chee-hwa
C) Regina Ip
D) Martin Lee
- 55. According to an NPCSC deputy, by when do the Article 23 legislative provisions still have to be passed?
A) May 2020
B) September 2020
C) June 2020
D) August 2021
- 56. Which political analyst described Beijing's move as a dramatic and risky policy change that could lead to losing access to foreign capital and technology?
A) Brian Fong
B) Daniel R. Russel
C) Dang Yuan
D) Tania Branigan
- 57. Who wrote an article in The Diplomat on 3 June 2020 regarding China's decision?
A) Brian Fong
B) Dang Yuan
C) Daniel R. Russel
D) Lily Kuo
- 58. Who wrote for Deutsche Welle that Beijing wants to maintain the appearance of Hong Kong's autonomy?
A) Dang Yuan
B) Brian Fong
C) Daniel R. Russel
D) Tania Branigan
- 59. Which Taiwanese president expressed disappointment with the controversial security law?
A) Dominic Raab
B) Xi Jinping
C) Tsai Ing-wen
D) Chen Ming-tong
- 60. Which political party in Taiwan warned that the law marked the end of the "one country, two systems" policy?
A) Democratic Progressive Party
B) Kuomintang
C) Chinese Communist Party
D) Mainland Affairs Council
- 61. Who described the national security law as "a decree issued by the Celestial Empire to the people of the world"?
A) Simon Cheng
B) Chen Ming-tong
C) Dominic Raab
D) Tsai Ing-wen
- 62. Who stated that China was violating the Joint Declaration in their attempts to pursue the law?
A) Dominic Raab
B) Xi Jinping
C) Chen Ming-tong
D) Tsai Ing-wen
- 63. Who was accused by the UK government of being tortured by the Chinese government?
A) Tsai Ing-wen
B) Simon Cheng
C) Dominic Raab
D) Chen Ming-tong
- 64. Where did Simon Cheng visit when working at the British Consulate in Hong Kong?
A) London
B) The Mainland
C) Taiwan
D) Whitehall
- 65. What additional concern was raised in the 10 June 2021 UK report regarding the judiciary?
A) The removal of all local judges
B) Increasing pressure on foreign judges
C) The complete shutdown of the court system
D) Mandatory Mandarin language trials
- 66. Who announced on 3 June that he would allow Hong Kong residents with BN(O) passports to claim a visa if China pursued the law?
A) Priti Patel
B) Dominic Raab
C) Boris Johnson
D) David Cameron
- 67. Under Raab's initial proposal, how long would BN(O) passport holders be allowed to remain in the UK initially?
A) Six months
B) Twelve months
C) One month
D) Five years
- 68. What was the previous initial allowed period for BN(O) passport holders to stay in the UK before the new proposal?
A) Six months
B) Three months
C) Twelve months
D) Two years
- 69. Johnson's 3 June announcement covered BN(O) status holders born before which year?
A) 1990
B) 1984
C) 2000
D) 1997
- 70. Who clarified the extent of the scheme in correspondence with Johnson on 12 June 2020?
A) Dominic Raab
B) Theresa May
C) Priti Patel
D) Boris Johnson
- 71. Besides eligible BN(O) status holders, who else was allowed to enter the UK under the scheme clarified on 12 June?
A) Their dependents
B) Their pet animals
C) Their employers
D) Their business partners
- 72. After living in the UK for 5 years on the visa, what status could BN(O)s apply for under normal British nationality law?
A) Permanent residency immediately
B) Settled status
C) Political asylum
D) Dual citizenship
- 73. How long after obtaining settled status could applicants apply for citizenship?
A) Five years later
B) A year later
C) Two years later
D) Immediately
- 74. Approximately how many applications for the BN(O) route had there been by the end of 2022?
A) Around 50,000
B) Around 161,000
C) Around 3 million
D) Around 1 million
- 75. Which alliance held a teleconference in the first few days of June to discuss the Hong Kong situation?
A) ASEAN alliance
B) G7 alliance
C) Five Eyes alliance
D) NATO alliance
- 76. Which country requested that other nations share the burden of taking in Hong Kongers regarding the BNO extension?
A) New Zealand
B) Canada
C) Australia
D) The UK
- 77. The national security law proposal coincided with the anniversary of which historical event?
A) The Xinhai Revolution
B) The founding of the People's Republic of China
C) The handover of Hong Kong
D) Tiananmen Square massacre
- 78. Which group of nations signed an official statement on 17 June 2020 urging China to reconsider the national security law?
A) G7
B) Five Eyes
C) ASEAN
D) Commonwealth realms
- 79. Which notable G7 country joined in signing the statement urging China to reconsider the law?
A) Japan
B) New Zealand
C) Australia
D) Singapore
- 80. Who announced that New Zealand would review its relationship with Hong Kong on 9 July?
A) Scott Morrison
B) Jacinda Ardern
C) Boris Johnson
D) Winston Peters
- 81. On what date did New Zealand suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong?
A) 3 August
B) 28 July
C) 9 July
D) 17 June
- 82. Which US President declared that 'One country, two systems' was no longer in effect?
A) Barack Obama
B) Joe Biden
C) George W. Bush
D) Donald Trump
- 83. What executive order did Donald Trump issue that terminated Hong Kong's special trade status?
A) Executive Order 13500
B) Executive Order 12345
C) Executive Order 14000
D) Executive Order 13936
- 84. Which educational program did Donald Trump cancel with China?
A) Fulbright Programs
B) Peace Corps Programs
C) Erasmus Mundus
D) Rhodes Scholarships
- 85. Which Hong Kong Chief Executive was among those sanctioned by the US?
A) Teresa Cheng
B) John Lee
C) Carrie Lam
D) Chris Tang
- 86. Who was the head of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security sanctioned on 9 November?
A) Luo Huining
B) Li Jiangzhou
C) Xia Baolong
D) Edwina Lau Chi-wai
- 87. Who was the deputy director of the Hong Kong Office for Safeguarding National Security sanctioned on 9 November?
A) Li Jiangzhou
B) Zhang Xiaoming
C) Eric Chan
D) Edwina Lau Chi-wai
- 88. How many vice chairs of the NPCSC were sanctioned on 7 December by freezing US assets and barring travel?
A) 14
B) 4
C) 61
D) 10
- 89. Who strongly condemned the US sanctions on the NPCSC vice chairs on 8 December?
A) Hua Chunying
B) Carrie Lam
C) Gen Nakatani
D) Dominic Raab
- 90. According to a survey by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, what percentage of responses felt the law would have a positive or no impact long-term?
A) Under 30%
B) Over 61%
C) Exactly 50%
D) Over 54%
- 91. According to the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce survey, what percentage viewed the law as 'controversial'?
A) 14%
B) 61%
C) 54%
D) 10%
- 92. Which university replaced small group tutorials with one-on-one meetings to protect students and faculty from the national security law?
A) SOAS University of London
B) Oxford University
C) The University of Hong Kong
D) Cambridge University
- 93. Who was The Guardian's diplomatic editor who wrote about British Prime Ministers and Hong Kong autonomy on 3 June 2020?
A) Helen Davidson
B) Patrick Wintour
C) Daniel Hurst
D) Johnny Patterson
- 94. Which former British Prime Minister was described as being scared of the public perception of an influx of Hong Kong nationals in 2015?
A) Theresa May
B) Tony Blair
C) Boris Johnson
D) David Cameron
- 95. Who wanted Japan to take the lead on the G7's statement condemning China?
A) Patrick Wintour
B) Zhang Xiaoming
C) Shinzo Abe
D) Dominic Raab
- 96. What is China's most prominent economic relationship with South Korea mentioned in the text?
A) China is South Korea's most prominent trading partner
B) South Korea owns the majority of Chinese manufacturing plants
C) They share a joint currency agreement
D) China provides all of South Korea's energy imports
- 97. What missile defence programme previously caused China to place informal sanctions on South Korea?
A) Patriot Advanced Capability-3
B) Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
C) European Sky Shield Initiative
D) Iron Dome Missile Shield
- 98. Who claimed that the national security law would only give Hong Kong residents more freedom from violence and brainwashing?
A) CY Leung
B) Zhang Xiaoming
C) Carrie Lam
D) Jimmy Lai
- 99. What past evidence did the Global Times suggest could be used to prosecute pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai?
A) His overseas property deeds
B) His academic publications
C) His past tweets
D) His bank statements
- 100. What defensive response grew within the scientific field due to fear of being punished for research?
A) Self-censorship
B) Underground publishing networks
C) Mass resignation of university deans
D) Relocation of all laboratories to Taiwan
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