Travel warnings display US hypocrisy

The United States issued an advisory on Wednesday warning US citizens traveling to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region about their personal safety in view of the ongoing demonstrations, which have turned increasingly nasty.

The move is not only an attempt to inflict further damage on the city's economy already seriously troubled by the disturbances. It is also a blatant example of US hypocrisy, since the trouble makers have been receiving leadership and support from it.

The US diplomatic corps in the SAR has not even bothered to conceal its attempts to meddle in the SAR's affairs. The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the SAR complained to senior officials of the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macao on Thursday about their contacting Hong Kong separatist leaders.