US should stop meddling in HK affairs

In his speech on US-China relations at the Woodrow Wilson International Center on Oct 24, US Vice-President Mike Pence cited the 1984 China-United Kingdom joint declaration to justify the US' interference in China's Hong Kong affairs.

A week earlier, on Oct 16 to be precise, the United States House of Representatives passed the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act", accusing the Chinese central government and Hong Kong government of violating the China-UK joint declaration and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Basic Law by restricting the SAR's autonomy and violating the democratic rights of Hong Kong residents.

The US act not only supports rioters in Hong Kong but is also aimed at preventing the central government from exercising sovereignty over the SAR and interfering in China's internal affairs by imposing sanctions on it.