It is a blow for HongKong, one more step towards the end of its influence, both regional and global, and towards a destiny now almost inevitable: that of becoming a Chinese city like any other.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that the United States could cancel the "special status" enjoyed by the semi-independent territory. After almost a year of protests and a law that threatens its autonomy from Beijing, the latest US release confirms the slow downgrade of HongKong, which has long been a gateway for foreign companies to mainland China , reassured by the rule of law and independent justice.
As a result of the security law passed by force in Beijing on Thursday, Mike Pompeo told the US Congress that now "no reasonable person could yet say that Hong Kong maintained a degree of autonomy from Beijing." Concretely, it threatens to end the special status
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