Lawmakers Urge Biden to Address ‘Assault’ on Hong Kong Democracy
- Republicans and Democrats from both chambers send letter
- Sweeping Hong Kong security law went into effect a year ago
Red stars fill Tamar Park to mark the centenary of the Chinese Community Party and the anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule in Hong Kong on June 30.
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Republican and Democratic members of foreign affairs panels in both houses of Congress expressed renewed concern to President Joe Biden over what they called China’s “ceaseless assault” on democracy in Hong Kong.
The lawmakers asked Biden in a letter Wednesday what his administration was “doing to coordinate with allies and partners to ensure that the private sector” knows about the risk to U.S. citizens and interests in Hong Kong posed by a sweeping national security law that went into effect a year ago.