Britain opens door to HK citizens as China cracks down

LONDON/HONG KONG: Britain announced on Wednesday it was extending residency rights to up to 3 million Hong Kongers eligible for the British National Overseas passport, stressing that it would uphold its historic duty to a former British colony after Beijing imposed a sweeping new national security law in Hong Kong. The announcement was made shortly after Hong Kong police made their first arrests, about 300 of them, under the new national security law as thousands defied tear gas and pepper pellets to protest against it.