Don’t support the US’ Human Rights and Democracy Act…

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…no matter how high-minded it sounds. The mass rally demanding the US pass this law think it will punish Hong Kong and Chinese officials who damage human rights in Hong Kong. It does that, but it also removes the special treatment Hong Kong gets, since 1997, in all sorts of international trade, investment, health and sporting bodies.
We are treated separately, part of the One Country Two Systems concept. These are not trivial. If they are removed, we become more a part of China which is what these mass rally people think they are fighting against. 
The road to hell, as always, paved with good intentions.
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UPDATE: (16 October): the US Reps passed the bill so we’ll see. In the category of just-because-China-says-it-doesn’t-mean-it’s-not-true, Beijing says the Bill will embolden the rioters. That seems certain. They are deluded enough to believe that the US will stand up for them when the proverbial hits the fan. Sanctions, sure. But by then things will be so dire they will be meaningless.

UPDATE (19 October). US will destroy “one country two systems”