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Hong Kong, the US supports the protesters. Beijing: "No interference"

November 20, 2019

BEIJING – The United States Senate has approved theHong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, a law supporting "human rights and democracy" against the repression of China's protest movement. US MPs also approved a measure banning the sale of tear gas, rubber bullets and other equipment used by security forces to suppress protests that have been shaking the former colony for months.Beijing expressed its indignation last week when a similar measure was approved by the US House. "Today the US Senate has sent a clear message to the people of Hong Kong who are fighting for the long-desired freedoms: we feel and continue and be with you. We will not remain helpless while Beijing undermines your autonomy", observed the Senator Marco Rubio in the Chamber.

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Foreign Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, airing the adoption of unspecified retaliation, clarified in a statement that Beijing "strongly condemns and resolutely opposes" the US move that is "an interference in China's internal affairs ".

Called Chinese ambassador in London

British Foreign Minister, Dominic Raab, announced that he had summoned the Chinese ambassador to London to protest "the brutal and shameful" treatment of an employee of the consulate in Hong Kong who claimed to have been tortured by the Chinese police. Simon Cheng Man-Kit wrote that he was accused of espionage and subjected to "torture and threats", handcuffed to a chair for the 15 days he was held in "administrative detention" in southern China in August. "Simon Cheng was a good member of our team. We were shocked and horrified by the ill-treatment suffered during detention, which corresponds to torture," said Raab. London expects Beijing to "investigate and call those responsible to respond". Cheng, a commercial and investment sector official at the British consulate in Hong Kong, went to Shenzen in southern China on August 8 for a business trip. Cheng said he was forced to confess the crime of aiding and abetting prostitution.

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The silent surrender of the PolyU rebels unfolds with an uncovered face. And with downcast eyes

from our correspondent FILIPPO SANTELLI

Rector: "Still in 100 in the Polytechnic"
There are still a hundred diehards on the Hong Kong Polytechnic campus, rector Teng Jin-Guang said, specifying that about 20 are students of the university. Speaking after a brief inspection at PolyU, Teng said the situation inside is becoming dangerous. "The campus is in chaos with dangerous chemicals and the state of hygiene is deteriorating: these are conditions that pose a risk to people on campus."

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