China has condemned the US for its warning on Hong Kong's new national security rules, which have been amended to make refusing password access a crime. The US has expressed concerns over the rule's impact on freedom of speech. The move has sparked tensions between the two nations.

Hong Kong this month ​amended its enforcement rules for the national security regime, making ⁠it an offence in national security cases to refuse to provide ‌passwords or other decryption assistance to access an electronic device