ms lam is seen as a tough negotiator, she's even been compared to margaret thatcher. her critics worry she's taking orders from beijing. former hong kong chief executive anson chan them. i share the population's concern because in one fell swoop, the chief executive has put forward proposals that will remove the essential firewall between hong kong and the mainland and so far, as our legaljudicial and criminal systems are concerned, there is just no trust in the mainland's judicial system. everybody can see for themselves that people are subject to arbitrary arrest, trumped up charges, false confessions, how can you expect hong kong people to accept a set of proposals that would make everyone unsafe, even if they are in hong kong? and it applies notjust to chinese, but to foreign nationals, anybody who lives in hong kong or even passing through hong kong. the law itself is complicated. it allows hong kong to extradite people to countries it doesn't have agreements with, including mainland china. critics call it evil and believe it will allow beijing to target anyone in hong kong under any pretense. the new york times reports christians are among the worried and