Pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong has encouraged Congress to put pressure on Beijing
WASHINGTON—Two weeks after posting bail in Hong Kong on charges related to this summer’s protests, young pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong told a Congressional hearing that Beijing was eroding the city’s relative autonomy and unable to govern a free society.
Mr. Wong was among several activists speaking on Tuesday at a hearing into the political upheaval in Hong Kong. Lawmakers here are considering a bill that would require greater U.S. government scrutiny of the city’s status as a separate trading partner to China.
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