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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned China’s approval of sweeping changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system, calling the move an “assault on democracy” and a “direct attack” on the autonomy promised for the territory when it was returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
In a statement on Thursday, just hours after Beijing approved its plan to veto candidates for political office in Hong Kong, Blinken said the measures ran counter to the objective that Hong Kong elections “should progress towards universal suffrage”.
The territory’s Basic Law, its mini constitution, includes a promise of eventual universal suffrage.
When rioters burst into the United States Capitol building last week, the images of broken doors, shattered windows and vandalized offices were shared worldwide, but the most lasting damage done Jan. 6 was to America’s global influence. With President Trump’s unprecedented second impeachment this week, the international community has widely held its breath – a