BRICS, Hong Kong/China warns of countermeasures to US bill on HK

2019/10/16 11:35:23, Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1167020.shtml

By Yang Sheng, Wang Wenwen in Beijing and Wang Cong, Zhao Juecheng in Hong

Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act moves closer to becoming law

China warned of effective countermeasures after the US House of Representatives approved legislation that authorizes the US government to launch diplomatic action and economic sanctions against officials and law-enforcement personnel from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

The House on Tuesday backed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, moving it closer to becoming law.

Aside from being condemned by authorities of China, the US move was also criticized by Hong Kong lawmakers, legal professionals and scholars from the mainland and Hong Kong.

Some experts suggested that China should prepare for countermeasures if the bill

BRICS, China/Washington has no right to define HK’s high degree of autonomy

2019/9/9 11:08:39, EDITORIAL Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1164013.shtml

With US Senate and House leaders from both parties pledging to advance the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, some radical activists demonstrated again on Sunday, calling on US Congress to pass the bill as soon as possible.

A small number of Hong Kong's most extreme demonstrators have gone into a fit of hysteria, announcing that should their demands not be met, they would rather destroy everything.

The main tenets of the bill include sanctions against officials who undermine Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and a request for an annual justification for the special treatment afforded by Washington to Hong Kong.

The aim is to place pressure on Beijing and the HKSAR government. It is believed the city will face uncertainty once the law is passed, weakening conditions that support its status as

BRICS, China/Pence’s remarks on HK reveal ‘Cold War mentality’ and ‘hegemony’

2019/8/20 17:43:40, Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1162059.shtml   

The Office of the Commissioner of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to some US politicians' arbitrary interference in Hong Kong affairs and attempt to use resolution of China-US trade negotiations as a threat.

"Some politicians on the US side are stubbornly obsessed with a Cold War mentality, hegemony and zero-sum way of thinking, and they are confusing right and wrong, turning black into white," read the Office of the Commissioner statement which came in response to remarks made by US Vice President Mike Pence at