The activists say they're not asking for foreign interference, they’re asking for democracy. FMTNews
From left Wong, Ho, Sunny Cheung spokesperson of HKIAD, Sharon Hom executive director of Human Righhts in China and Dan Garrett law professor at City University of New York testify at a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing.
The panel of witnesses also urged members of the commission, which includes senators and members of the House of Representatives from both parties, to take actions that might affect Hong Kong’s economy. The former British colony has been rocked by more than three months of sometimes violent clashes, with demonstrators angry over what they see as creeping interference by Beijing in Hong Kong’s affairs, despite a promise of autonomy.
Legislation was introduced in the Senate and House earlier this year that would require an annual review of the special treatment Washington gives Hong Kong, including trade and business privileges, under the US Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.
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