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  • Demonstrators sing “Glory to Hong Kong” during a rally at Chater Garden in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2019. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) Can a song endanger the national security of China and threaten to subvert the power of the ruling Communist Party?

    You read that correctly — a song.

    Hong Kong officials seem to fear it can, as they are seeking an injunction against a protest anthem called “Glory to Hong Kong.” Officials have asked a court to ban the song from being performed, broadcast, distributed, displayed, sold, printed or published by any means and on any platform.

    Not just the lyrics but also the melody. Under the government’s sweeping request, even humming it on the subway or street could violate the city’s draconian national security law.

    “Glory to Hong Kong” was written in Cantonese chiefly by a local composer known as Thomas dgx yhl. It emerged during the 2019 anti-government protests and became the ubiquitous unofficial anthem of the movement. Its most provocative lyrics? “Liberate our Hong Kong, in common breath; Revolution of our times!”

    Free Hong Kong!