China’s National Security Commission met in secret amid coronavirus pandemic

Chinese officials were told to be on alert for political, economic and external risks to national security amid the coronavirus pandemic at a meeting of its secretive National Security Commission earlier this year.The commission apparently gathered between March and mid-April for a meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping, before Beijing announced last month that it would impose a new national security law in Hong Kong.The controversial legislation – which is expected to be passed in Beijing on…

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