And in international news...

Hong Kong authorities are strengthening a crackdown on 16 overseas-based
activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of
endangering national security.

Authorities implemented measures including banning financial support to them
and canceling passports.

The activists are among 19 people who were targeted with arrest warrants last
month for alleged roles in Hong Kong Parliament, a group police call a
subverse organization.

The arrest warrants and bounties last month sparked criticism from foreign
governments but the PRC defended them.

The 16 activists are hiding out in the UK, the US, Canada, Germany,
Australia, Thailand, and Taiwan, among other places.

Beijing imposed a national security law on the territory in 2020 that has
effectively wiped out most public dissent following huge anti-government
protests in 2019.

Many activists were arrested, silenced or forced into self-exile.

The measures announced today were issued under the powers granted by Hong
Kong’s homegrown national security law enacted last year.