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McConnell Urges 'Every Trading Nation' to Monitor Hong Kong
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2:01Now PlayingSenate Majority leader is praising the passage of the bill by the Senate on Tuesday that supports human rights in Hong Kong following months of often-violent unrest in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act was passed by voice vote. It now goes to the House, which has already passed similar legislation.
China responded by threatening to take "strong countermeasures" if Congress proceeds with passage of the bill.
The measure mandates sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials who carry out human rights abuses and require an annual review of the favorable trade status that Washington grants Hong Kong.
"I urge every trading nation around the world to look clearly at Hong Kong and at Geng Shuang and imagine the costs as China continues to entrench its surveillance state and export it all around the world," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Mass protests in Hong Kong started in June over a proposed extradition bill that would have allowed suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial. Activists saw the legislation as part of a continuing erosion of rights and freedoms that Hong Kong was promised it could keep when Britain returned its former colony to China in 1997.
China has opposed all criticism of the handling of the Hong Kong protests as unwarranted interference in its domestic affairs.
In a statement Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the aim of the bill was to "bolster anti-China, extremist and violent radicals who attempt to disrupt Hong Kong (and) damage Hong Kong's prosperity and stability" as part of a plot to contain China's development.
The Hong Kong government released a statement expressing its own displeasure with such actions from the U.S. government, saying they are "unnecessary and unwarranted" and will "harm the relations and common interests between Hong Kong and the U.S
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