‘Gentle Nudge’ From US Consul General to the CCP: Let Hong Kong Be Hong Kong

The march in Hong Kong on July 1, 2017. Sung Pi-Lung/The Epoch Times

U.S Consul General of Hong Kong recently denounced the Beijing government for breaching its promise of a high degree of autonomy to Hong Kong. The consul general also urged the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to “let Hong Kong be Hong Kong.”

While America had been supportive of Hongkongers’ fight for freedom, a scholar indicated that the message Washington sent was “soft on CCP.”