Australia's Hong Kong intervention was hardly strident but that didn't matter to China

Scott Morrison seems at pains to play down his diplomatic response to the new security laws, focusing on economic opportunities

Even as he moved to offer some certainty to Hongkongers who fear for the future of the city under China’s new national security law, Scott Morrison seemed at pains to play down the significance of his own announcement.

The Australian prime minister stressed the move to grant a five-year extension to about 10,000 temporary visa holders already in Australia, and then a pathway to permanent residency, was merely an “adjustment” of existing policy settings.

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