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Jerome Cohen 孔傑榮(柯恩) Profile picture
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Sep 10, 2019 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
My latest. Hong Kong, China and the United States: A Major International Issue jeromecohen.net/jerrys-blog/ho…
#hongkong
#HongKongHumanRightsandDemocracyAct
The currently contemplated Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act in the United States is immediately of symbolic importance but will also add to American leverage over Beijing in practical terms because of its threat to eliminate Hong Kong’s special status under American law.
The so called “nuclear option” the Act authorizes would add to HK’s protection against the PRC’s use of military force to govern HK, but, as the “nuclear” name suggests, actual resort to this deterrent would substantially harm HK economically in order to “save” it politically.

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