US lawmakers should keep their color-hued noses out of Hong Kong

The People's Republic of China makes no secret about its sensitivity to foreign intervention in its internal affairs.

And like those of Tibet and Taiwan, Hong Kong affairs fall into the category of being China's business and no one else's.

Since the onset of the current turbulence in the special administrative region, which now threatens to paralyze the international financial hub's governance and service functions, Beijing has time and again reiterated that bottom line.