The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a cross-party bill to condemn the Chinese Communist Party and the Hong Kong government for violating the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong. However, netizens are generally not optimistic, believing that the current U.S. government will only “engage in a war of words” with the Chinese Communist Party.
The Chinese Communist Party’s continued crackdown on Hong Kong’s freedom has attracted international attention. The U.S. House of Representatives introduced a cross-party bill yesterday (19), condemning the Chinese Communist Party and the Hong Kong government for violating the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong. However, Hong Kong netizens are generally not optimistic that the current U.S. administration will only “engage in a war of words” with the Chinese Communist Party, and will not follow the lead of the Trump administration in sanctioning the Chinese Communist Party and officials who undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Greg Meeks (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Republican leader Michael McCaul (R-Ariz.). They are advocating that the Biden administration work with other countries to force the Chinese Communist Party to be accountable and to make American businesses aware of the threat that the Communist Party’s national security laws pose to U.S. Security, citizens and business interests.
In addition to members of Congress, U.S. government officials have spoken out on behalf of Hong Kong, such as Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has criticized the Communist Party for undermining its commitment to maintaining Hong Kong’s autonomy and arguing that the United States must provide a safe haven for Hong Kong people. But when Biden spoke about Xi Jinping, the Communist Party’s general secretary, on CNN recently, he threatened that “there’s no need to blast him loudly for what he’s doing in Hong Kong.
Biden said on the show that in Chinese history, when the country is divided, it is persecuted by foreign countries, so Xi’s central idea is that the government must have a unified and tight control over the country, and Xi Jinping has used this as a rationale for his actions. Biden said he has made clear to Xi that he has a responsibility to demonstrate American values, but added, “I don’t need to blast him for what he did in Hong Kong, what he did to the Uighurs in the mountains of western China, and what he tried to do to Taiwan by force,” Biden said, adding that Xi understands that “different countries have different cultures and different norms. Biden said Xi understands that “different countries have different norms that their leaders have to follow,” and that Xi knows that the Chinese Communist Party has to bear the consequences of human rights violations.
However, at the Time of Biden’s speech, Hong Kong people expressed their disdain, saying that Biden was Obama 2.0 and that Hong Kong people would not believe them, and that they would only throw around such grand words as “democracy” and “human rights”, but would not target or sanction the CCP in their actions. Look at Obama’s performance during the Umbrella Movement, and you will see.
Regarding the bill proposed by the Congress this time, some netizens left a message saying, “Voice, condemnation, then a period, no action.” “So loudly condemned, why not take action to sanction the Chinese Communist Party?” Others said, “What does the U.S. condemnation of the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on human rights in Hong Kong mean? Does it have any substantive impact on Hong Kong? It’s just verbal diplomacy.” Some netizens, on the other hand, said bluntly, “Condemnation without action, the CCP treats you as a fart.”
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