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Bills supporting Hong Kong human rights tabled before President Trump

Bills supporting Hong Kong human rights tabled before President Trump

On November 21, the United States Senate approved two bills intended to back human rights in Hong Kong. If signed by President Trump, the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019” and the “Placing Restrictions on Teargas Exports and Crowd Control Technology to Hong Kong Act” would restrict

Violence and unrest in Hong Kong: Understanding the complexities between the PRC and a former British colony

Violence and unrest in Hong Kong: Understanding the complexities between the PRC and a former British colony

On November 11, over five months of Hong Kong protests culminated into an eruption of violence that left one person shot by police and another severely burned by protesters. Protests began in March this year after Hong Kong’s Security Bureau proposed a bill that would allow extradition to mainland