Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong warns of persisting national security threats

HONG KONG (AP) — A top Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs on Saturday warned of persisting threats in the city as a China-imposed national security law approaches its fifth anniversary, while seeking to allay concerns about the law’s impact on the financial hub’s openness.

Speaking at a forum about the law, attended also by the city leader John Lee and other officials, Xia Baolong, the director of China’s Hong Kong and Macao Work Office, said various forms of soft resistance...