US concern about 'human rights', kiss of death

On Tuesday, the US Senate passed the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act", while Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, expressed its concern about the city.

These should really make people panic. A simple review of recent history will show that whenever the US expresses warm concern about "democracy" or "human rights" somewhere, it will be a disaster for the people in that place.

In 2004 and 2013, the US twice expressed concern about "democracy" in Ukraine, and the country has since been turned from a rich one into a poverty-stricken one.

In 2011, the then US president called for "democracy" in Libya. Even today, eight years later, the war-torn country is still far from restoring peace.

In August 2012, the US cared about "human rights" in Syria and its president signed the Syria Human Rights Act. Now Syrian people still have to sleep amid the explosions of missiles and bombs.

Now the men and women in the US senate have indicated they "care" about Hong Kong's "democracy and human rights", which makes people worried about this city. What will they do? Do they hope to drag Hong Kong into a similar abyss?

More importantly, unlike the above-mentioned countries, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an indivisible part of China and its legislation, jurisdiction, and administrative power are all exercised under Chinese sovereignty.

By caring about Hong Kong's "democracy and human rights" in this way, the US senate is seriously violating China's sovereignty. That's a major unfriendly deed in US-China relationship.

For the same reason they will never succeed. China will never allow its city to suffer a tragic fate.

But even before passing the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act", US politicians had already shown they "cared" about Hong Kong.

On Aug 7, a photo of Hong Kong riot leaders Joshua Wong, Nathan Law together with two other companions, meeting a foreign female was posted online. The woman was later found to be Julie Eadeh, political unit chief of the US Consulate General in Hong Kong. Neither side has ever explained why they appeared there and what they talked about.

And more photos show people, reportedly from the US, teaching rioters to use bows and arrows. They never said whom the arrows will be aimed at.

Members of the US Senate, please stop caring or showing your concern about "democracy and human rights" in Hong Kong; The people there do not want their home to become a second Ukraine or Syria. With the support and help from the Chinese central government, they will never meet that fate.