In Hong Kong, who is torturing whom

While the rioters in the Hong Kong Special Administrative region are becoming increasingly violent and uncompromising, the US Senate is refusing to withdraw its support for them. Instead, the United States is trying to quickly pass legislation which would literally put under the microscope the so-called "Hong Kong special treatment by the US". The latest development is that the US Senate passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act on Tuesday.

If the bill eventually becomes a law, it will be extremely hostile toward China, and will be unacceptable by international law. It will also defy all common sense.

While protests and demonstrations are now raging in many parts of the world, from Iraq and Lebanon to Chile, what is taking place in Hong Kong is definitely a "special case" - by no means a spontaneous uprising.