HONG KONG—China’s top legislative body will seek to interpret a part of Hong Kong’s mini-constitution on loyalty, stepping into a controversy being deliberated in court here over whether two local lawmakers can retake their oaths. Beijing’s move added to concerns it is eroding the city’s semiautonomous status. Hong Kong’s government said it had received notice that the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress has added an interpretation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law to its agenda for ongoing meetings which end...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 04, 2016 06:23 UTC