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Written by: Fang Yushan
2019-11-20 10:25
Last updated date: 2019-11-20 10:26The US Senate passed the oral vote at about 7:00 am on Wednesday (20th) Hong Kong time. The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act was passed without objection. Many heavyweight senators spoke successively. Supporting the passage of the bill, the House and Senate will negotiate a unified version and submit it to President Trump for signature. According to the Senate version of the bill, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo needs to confirm that Hong Kong has sufficient autonomy at least once a year. Eligible for the special status of trade; the bill also allows the United States to sanction officials who violate human rights in Hong Kong.
One of the main initiatives of the bill, Republican Senator Marco Rubio, said that Hong Kong’s demonstrations in recent months have received international attention. The Sino-British Joint Declaration ensured Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and democratic freedom. In terms of trade and commerce, the United States regards Hong Kong as a different region from mainland China. However, in the past few years, Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedom have been eroded. The recent demonstrations triggered by the anti-reforms have reflected Hong Kong people’s perception of the future. Worry, even if the authorities withdraw the fugitives regulations, the protests will continue, which will cause Hong Kong people to see their autonomy and freedom being eroded, and the Hong Kong government will take violent and oppressive response under the tremendous pressure from Beijing.
Rubio said that so far, more than 5,000 people have been arrested, the youngest is only 12 years old, the oldest is 82 years old, and hundreds of demonstrators have been violently injured by law enforcement or triad elements. . For example, he pointed out that the Hong Kong court ruled that the "banned mask law" was unconstitutional and was immediately challenged by Beijing. The district board election on Sunday (24th) was also threatened to be cancelled, and seven candidates were attacked; he believes that Beijing is pushing Hong Kong from "one country, two systems" to one country, one system.
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