Forty U.S. senators signed a non-binding motion on March 15, requiring the U.S. government to utilize any feasible tools in unwavering response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) suppression of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong.
The resolution lays out the actions taken by the CCP in undermining the 1984 agreement of one country, two systems, the Basic Law that came into effect at the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. The resolution highlights the overly harsh actions taken against the Umbrella movement in 2014 when the general public protested at proposed changes to the electoral system and during the 2019-20 protests against the anti-extradition law.
