Hong Kong campus stalemate persists as US bill annoys ChinaNumbers inside the PolyU campus have diminished, with some of those who emerged heading for hospital. Beijing did not immediately respond to the passage in Washington of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which voices strong support for the "democratic aspirations of the Hong Kong people". The troubles have already tipped Hong Kong's economy into recession and the threat of change in trade status brought fresh gloom. Hong Kong is a semi-autonomous Chinese region and US policy treats its economy as separate from the rest of China. Beijing has accused the United States of fuelling Hong Kong's protests, and China's state media made clear the government's anger over the Hong Kong democracy bill.

Source: Bangkok Post November 21, 2019 04:48 UTC