CCP National Security Law destroys Hong Kong. The US House legislates to address current situation.

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Since the Chinese government implemented the National Security Law in 2020, it has destroyed Hong Kong's freedom and democracy. For this reason, the US House of Representatives passed the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Accreditation Act with 413 votes to 3. The Hong Kong Office in the United States may face closure.

The bill stipulates that the US Secretary of State will review Hong Kong's three offices in Washington, New York and San Francisco to consider whether they should continue to enjoy special treatment. If it is determined that Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy, the president has the right to close these offices within 180 days.

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[gullyweaver]

Hong Kong is genuinely quite boring nowadays. The early 2000s was Hong Kong's peak for me. I miss those times.

[daniell]

Sad. For a city that once shown so bright to now be drenched in darkness. Is a city really "international" if you drive away all the "international" elements? Of course not. HK is now just another city under the CCP's boot, and will continue to tumble until it reaches a new equilibrium, which will be nowhere near as good as it was prior to CCP meddling. The worst part is that this is probably intentional, breaking HK as a show of force. Sad indeed.

[JohnnyFiction]

Such a tragedy. Trust me HK used to be one of the most fun and exciting and vibrant places on earth back in the 2010s. I cherished those years.

[darthmorgoththesecond]

Thank you for letting us know China Insights

[wookfoot]

Just a friendly reminder to always post "Taiwan is a free & independent Country 🇹🇼❤️ shì yīgè zìyóu dúlì de guójiā! Yǒuqíng tíxǐng yīxià, táiwān shì dì yī" on anything you see regarding chna ❤️🇹🇼

[leegalen]

It's also one of the big reasons companies are leaving all of China. They are going down.

[ZetsubouKyosuke]

As a Hong Konger, it really is sad to see this happen, this is no longer the same country I once loved and with this, over time the Cantonese culture will be lost. I hope the US goes ahead and remove HK's special treatment, it's just like any other Mainland city now, in fact they should have done this months ago, along with removing the Developing Country Status for the Mainland; they did boldly claim to have eliminated poverty.

[chinesesparrows]

It is CCP that did not respect the agreement to 50 years of one country two systems by forcing mainland policies, HK is pretty much CN

[carlosvalerochavez]

I stopped seeing Hong Kong as "the Pearl of Asia" after 1997.

[Stixenterprise]

It's fully known that Hong Kong's autonomy no longer exists and under the CCP rule of law.
Yes, the offices should be closed immediately to cut off any on-going and future corruption within the U.S.

[nikedoesthings]

We all saw this coming and now it's Happened.. 😢

[kateryan]

Let's all further help the Chinese out by reducing any Made-in-China purchases whenever humanly possible.

[andrewhu]

Hong Kong used to be the Hub of commerce for Asia - CCP have wrecked that quite effectively and given all the risks of "hostage arrest' to business visitors of western countries there is no way that it is going to recover international investment. The happy times when I worked there are over and done, as it becomes subject to the authoritarian dictatorship.

[pandaDotDragon]

When I visited HK ten years ago I knew I was visiting something that was about to disappear. Like the last moments of a party before everyone leaves and it's time to clean the mess. Former HK is lost and dead. It's time to accept it.

[neilleonardo]

Hong Kong is a jewel in the hands of the British it was a posh and vibrant city now it has become just an ordinary mainland Chinese City

[leapdrive]

Any Chinese city or country like HK and Taiwan (respectively), that’s operating independent of China, and have been showing more progress and more freedom, cannot possibly be allowed to exist to be a showcased as how poorly China is doing under the CCP. So they invaded HK and destroyed its successful economic system, and they have been threatening the invasion of Taiwan thus far.

[nimrodrebirth]

Visited Hong Kong over a dozens times look that's over

[TheBlueDevilXD]

I am STUNNED that Li Ka-shing looks to be one of the first to see the writing on the wall, that the CCP were becoming more oppressive a decade ago.

[akmalhafiz]

China doesn't want what happened to the USSR happened to themselves?

Make sense, however, most of the time, one often meet his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.

[MoMoBB]

The US government has every right to enact their own laws and regulations. I am sure if China pass it's own laws they also don't care what other countries have to say. As a foreign tourists it makes more economical sense to visit Japan rather than Hong Kong. In any case China plan what's happening in HK so own up to your responsibilities.