Financial Times Article Rating

Hong Kong passes tough new security law

Mar 19, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    4% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    26% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In a chorus of support, the pro-Beijing lawmakers said at Tuesday's session that the law was needed to counter foreign espionage and ensure stability in the city.
44% : "There are reasons to be worried," said John Burns, honorary professor of politics and public administration at the University of Hong Kong.
44% : "It can be difficult to say for sure whether a piece of [information] involves state secrets for auditors," especially when it comes to state-owned enterprises, said a Hong Kong-based executive at an international auditing firm.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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