This Thursday, China moved to enact very extreme changes to Hong Kong's electoral system, aiming to changing their election rules and aiming to have the city run by patriots, those who are fiercely loyal to Chinese government and the Communist party. These changes would essentially destruct any of Hong Kong's current pro-democratic politicians.
Today, March 6, the US openly condemned China's move to make these changes. As an openly democratic and anti-Communist nation, it really isn't a surprise that the US took this approach. The US Department of State described these changes as attacks on the region's democracy and freedom. As an attempt to keep pro-democracy politicians out of power and pro-Beijing loyalists in power, the enactment of this reform would ensure only patriots were in power in Hong Kong. This reform stems from a national security law passed in 2019 in Hong Kong, to put a stop to pro-democracy mass protests.
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/us-condemns-china-s-move-to-alter-hong-kong-s-electoral-system-121030600073_1.html
Kaitlyn Colvin
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