Beijing, July 2 -- Beijing has intensified its national security measures in Hong Kong, moving from the idea of "patriots administering" the region to demanding that business individuals be "patriotic," according to a report by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) cited by Taipei Times.

In its 2014 white paper on the "one country, two systems" framework after the 1997 handover, Beijing asserted that "Hong Kong people would govern Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy," the report mentioned, as quoted by the Taipei Times.

However, this has evolved into a governance model whereby both "Hong Kongers and the Chinese central government" have authority, with a thorough surveillance system being gradually established over the past 28 years, i...