Beijing rebukes Washington after HK activists make Congress plea
‘Umbrella Movement’ leader Joshua Wong; pro-democracy activist and Cantopop singer Denise Ho; spokesman for the Hong Kong Higher Education International Affairs Delegation Sunny Cheung; and executive director of Human Rights in China Sharon Hom addressing a congressional hearing on ‘Hong Kong’s summer of discontent and US policy responses’ in Washington on Tuesday. – EPA pic, September 19, 2019.
BEIJING today accused Washington of “adding fuel to the fire” of Hong Kong unrest after leaders of the city’s pro-democracy movement appealed directly to US lawmakers to exert pressure on China. Activists from the semi-autonomous city testified before a congressional commission in support of US legislation aimed at defending civil rights in Hong Kong, which has been convulsed by weeks of huge, sometimes violent rallies.
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