Hong Kong government warns removing U.S. special status is 'double-edged sword'

HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s government warned Washington that withdrawing its special U.S. status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a “double-edged sword” and urged the United States to stop interfering in internal affairs.

The former British colony enjoys a high degree of autonomy under a “one country, two systems” formula since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Beijing says the new legislation will tackle secession, subversion, terrorism and foreign interference in the city. It could see Chinese intelligence agencies set up bases there.

Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow warned that Hong Kong, which has enjoyed special privileges under U.S. law based on its high degree of autonomy from Beijing, may now need to be treated like China on trade and other financial matters.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia What right does HKGov have to tell the US anything isn't that foreign affairs? Or Carrie has elevated herself to the head of state now? If Hong Kong is part of China then all patriotic Chinese should welcome the US treating HK exactly the same as China i.e. no special status

sarah_wu_ MZaharia HKPolice are snatching whoever they can laid their hands on in the street! Whether they are bystanders, students on way to school, housewives running errands, elderly taking a walk, office workers buying lunch etc. Sanction HKPolice and the puppet govt!

sarah_wu_ MZaharia There we are

Human rights are not “internal affairs” Deciding whether to put sanctions on a country is.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia Jesus.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia Tell the United States about this

sarah_wu_ MZaharia Those souls sitting there will disappear, maybe never to be seen again.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia And US said Hong Kong is it’s internal affair.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia America should give freedom to their citizens first

sarah_wu_ MZaharia Mind your own 'black' business.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia what a joke. it is more like one way trade. it would effect over $1 trillion worth of trade, where US has more to loss than gain.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia Yeah STFU SecPompeo

sarah_wu_ MZaharia the world is on fire almost completely due to people choosing authoritarian monsters to run their countries

sarah_wu_ MZaharia StandWithHongKong Please sanction the evil Hongkong government.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia So much restrain shown by Hong Kong police.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia China tells U.S

sarah_wu_ MZaharia Well removing special status is the US's internal affairs so maybe the CCP could stop interfering and trying to threaten? 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ This notion that 'internal affairs' aka atrocities committed by the state can never be discussed by other countries is the most stupid BS ever.

sarah_wu_ MZaharia The autonomy of Hong Kong is increasingly important in this day and age. The US should keep out of the internal debate, but keep the autonomy of HK at the heart of the policy

sarah_wu_ MZaharia Yeah why aren't we

sarah_wu_ MZaharia Fuck the CCP

sarah_wu_ MZaharia is that the HK govt? or Beijing?

sarah_wu_ MZaharia WHY XI AND THE PLANET IS NOT LISTENING MFTRUMP...AFTER GENTLEMANPIGMODI REMARKS.....BY HIM

sarah_wu_ MZaharia freedom to Hong Kong

sarah_wu_ MZaharia

Dear China! You can't have both your cake and eat it. You want HK back, fair enough. But you'll lose all special privileges previously offered to the former colony. It will be treated the same as mainland.

Watch how fast foreign investment capital flows out of Hong Kong and into Taiwan and Singapore! .. I'm so very sure this is what China really wants .. They'll pour Remnimbi into Hong Kong and make it their own .. But there'll be a mass exodus of expats as well ..

If StateDept SecPompeo & the lump allow China to “absorb” Hong King more easily because of unintelligent US trade decisions,then we cut off a major Far-East engine of world commerce and WE, US CITIZENS, will pay the price for this incredibly INCOMPETENT IDIOCY.

Why don’t you just ever ever show a picture like this? Is this the “objectivity”that you are so proud of? Always the police arresting rioters, seriously?

Haribol

I can pick out the protester double agent guy acting like a cop

To treat Hong Kong as part of China when it is clearly being ruled that way is not 'meddling in the internal affairs' of China.

Dear China, free Hong Kong sovereignty immediately

yea CIA will lose its biggest legal base in Asia and HK will lose alota american businesses 🤷‍♂️

The Communist Party of China declares war on the world.

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