This is very simple.
#HongKong autonomy is the reason the U.S. treats it differently than mainland #China.
If Beijing moves to take away autonomy there is no longer any rationale for special treatment. https://t.co/ZhPzUk5tbr
I condemn the campaign against protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which represents a significant escalation by the authorities.
The United States must #StandWithHongKong and hold the Chinese government accountable for repression. The whole world is watching.
#HongKong police trapping hundreds of students inside #PolyUniversity. Won’t let them leave. Apparently want mass arrests. These actions by Beijing-backed govt raise question whether #China is in violation of its 1984 Joint Declaration commitments https://t.co/tc7akTgyZK
The timing 4🇭🇰General Strike is ripe in light of Commissar Lam's anti-mask law is unconstitutional/@hkpoliceforce human rights abuse & brutality/🇭🇰riot cops' assault on #PolyU/🇭🇰ers' anger/🇺🇸passage of🇭🇰Human Rights & Democracy Act.🇨🇳Achilles heel is🇭🇰is its🌐$ center 4 funds/USD
Students are lost rescue, #hkpolice kept fired tear gases, using water cannon to spurt toxic chemical water to hurt and kill students in #polyu . They do not have enough materials. And they need to use fire hoses to clean their painful body and the water is COLD.
#SOSPoly
There is no choice for those who cherish freedom but to support the protests in Hong Kong, as a bill pending in the United States Congress does https://t.co/SK4AXqFqUf
In #HongKong, government police continue their assault on universities into the night, making mass arrests and now threatening live fire against largely defenseless students. Beijing is pushing Hong Kong into a state of siege #StandWithHongKong https://t.co/88poKjgKt8
The world must turn its eyes to #PolyU - the police have now surrounded the university campus and are reportedly threatening to use lethal weapons to disperse the students if they do not leave.
We are on the precipice of a new Tiananmen.
#HongKongProtests
Lord Hogan-Howe has just said:
“Reports that police in Hong Kong are armed with live ammunition and approaching the sit-ins is alarming. I urge the police to not use lethal force because it can only make the situation worse. Unless life is at risk hold back.”
#StandWithHongKong