Washington, thy other name is hypocrisy

The United States always has its hands full trying to force its laws and values upon other countries and, if resisted, to impose sanctions on them. But as usual, it has failed with its filthy trick in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by openly supporting the violent demonstrators and introducing the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" in Congress.

So now it is trying to extend its dirty hands into the Tibet autonomous region, by unveiling a new bill that would prohibit Beijing from opening any new consulates on US soil until Washington is permitted to establish its own diplomatic office in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet autonomous region. And all in the name of human rights protection.

As is its wont, Washington cannot bear to see peace and stability anywhere, except within its borders, for it has mastered the art of fishing in troubled waters. No wonder the bill also has provisions for the US taking punitive action against any Chinese officials who "interfere" in the Dalai Lama's succession. Which should make it clear the real purpose of the bill is to prevent the Chinese central government from using its authority to approve the successor to the octogenarian Dalai Lama after he dies.