US Senate Unanimously Passes Hong Kong Human Rights And Democracy Bill- More Harm Than Good To Hong Kong

I was flabbergasted by some folks from Hong Kong who seem extremely pleased with the passing of the Hong Kong human rights bill by the US Senate. The bill if executed will be mostly detrimental to Hong Kong’s economy. It will lead to economic slowdown and also job losses for the Hong Kong people. Under this weird bill, the US Secretary of State would have to certify at least once a year that Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to qualify for special US trading consideration that bolsters the status of Hong Kong as a world financial centre. Losing the privileges of being treated as a separate trading entity from China will lead to many unfavorable restrictions and disadvantages being imposed on Hong Kong.  

Also, I find it ironic that the US Senate is criticizing China and Hong Kong governments for being brutal and violent to the Hong Kong people when the US government did nothing much to implement gun control measures to curb domestic gun violence from killing innocent US citizens. Nothing was ever done despite frequent mass shootings in US shopping malls and schools. Apparently, the US has an extremely high tolerance for violence.

Now if the US has such a penchant for violence, then do they have other ulterior motive in passing the bill?

If the Hong Kong people have no jobs, will the US government be giving them monthly allowances to help them buy house, food and medicine?

If the Hong Kong protesters got jailed and blacklisted such that their future are ruin, will the US government undertake to take in all of them into the US without cherry picking?

Instead of encouraging dialogue and communication between the Hong Kong government and protesters, the US government simply passes some weird bill that is designed to stir up more domestic unrest in Hong Kong. While it is perfectly fine to fight for liberty and freedom, destroying MTR stations, shopping malls and other properties are just simply senseless violence that achieves nothing. Surely, such drastic moves are similar to employing the nuclear option where people are misguided that to win liberty, one should destroy everything including the economy and one’s own livelihood. I hope that common sense will prevail and order restored as soon as possible in Hong Kong so that it will continue to prosper and be business as usual.