Communist Party leaders said they would bring in \u201cnational security\u201d legal measures to quell unrest in the territory. The pitfalls could catch them out.<\/b><\/p>\n
1. BEIJING \u2014 Beijing urged Hong Kong\u2019s embattled leader on Wednesday to support a push to\u00a0impose national security measures<\/a>\u00a0in the territory, which has been hit by months of antigovernment protests. The trouble is that what China\u2019s ruling Communist Party has proposed is not clear and could be hard to enforce.<\/p>\n 2. The party hopes that such national security measures will head off unrest in Hong Kong that has challenged its authority. But Hong Kong\u2019s politicians have little appetite for security legislation that could set off\u00a0more intense protests<\/a>.\u00a0Many experts also\u00a0doubt how much Beijing\u00a0can directly impose its will on\u00a0the territory\u2019s legal system without dangerously damaging trust in Hong Kong\u2019s special status both there and internationally.<\/p>\n 3. China\u2019s\u00a0latest warning to end the protests that have pummeled Hong Kong for 22 weeks was delivered by Han Zheng, a vice premier who oversees Chinese policy toward the territory, when he met\u00a0Carrie Lam, Hong Kong\u2019s top official<\/a>, in Beijing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n