Which picture you find more cringeworthy and why?
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I found information on wikipedia and understand why the US flag appears in hk now:
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The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act was proposed (as a bill) since 2017 by Chris Smith, who is the chairman of Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and Marco Rubio, the co-chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.[1] The bill has bipartisan support.
The stated purpose of this bill, if become law, will be "to renew the historical commitment of the United States to uphold freedom and democracy in Hong Kong at a time when its autonomy is increasingly under assault." The proposed legislation will also "establish punitive measures against government officials in Hong Kong or mainland China who are responsible for suppressing basic freedoms in Hong Kong, especially in connection with the abduction of certain booksellers."[1]
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One very important thing is that the US government will freeze the assets (money and properties, etc) of chinese and hk government officials that they have in the US (i.e. the punitive measures as mentioned in the last sentence in the paragraph from wikipedia above). This is something the Chinese and hk government officials fear, not the big protester crowd. The flag reminds these officials their money in the US.
Chinese and hk officials send their money and family members to the western world and use their own country / city to earn the money by suppressing the local people here. It s unfair to the civilians.
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The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act was proposed (as a bill) since 2017 by Chris Smith, who is the chairman of Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and Marco Rubio, the co-chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.[1] The bill has bipartisan support.
The stated purpose of this bill, if become law, will be "to renew the historical commitment of the United States to uphold freedom and democracy in Hong Kong at a time when its autonomy is increasingly under assault." The proposed legislation will also "establish punitive measures against government officials in Hong Kong or mainland China who are responsible for suppressing basic freedoms in Hong Kong, especially in connection with the abduction of certain booksellers."[1]
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One very important thing is that the US government will freeze the assets (money and properties, etc) of chinese and hk government officials that they have in the US (i.e. the punitive measures as mentioned in the last sentence in the paragraph from wikipedia above). This is something the Chinese and hk government officials fear, not the big protester crowd. The flag reminds these officials their money in the US.
Chinese and hk officials send their money and family members to the western world and use their own country / city to earn the money by suppressing the local people here. It s unfair to the civilians.