U.S. Relations With China Were Just Destroyed, And Nothing Will Ever Be The Same Again
Our relationship with China just went from bad to worse, and most Americans don’t even realize that we just witnessed one of the most critical foreign policy decisions of this century. The U.S. Senate just unanimously passed the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019”, and the Chinese are absolutely seething with anger. Violent protests have been rocking Hong Kong for months, and the Chinese have repeatedly accused the United States of being behind the protests. Whether that is true or not, the U.S. Senate has openly sided with the protesters by passing this bill, and there is no turning back now.
The protesters in Hong Kong have been waving American flags, singing our national anthem and they have made it exceedingly clear that they want independence from China. And all of us should certainly be able to understand why they would want that, because China is a deeply tyrannical regime. But to the Chinese government, this move by the U.S. Senate is essentially an assault on China itself. They are going to argue that the U.S. is inciting a revolution in Hong Kong, and after what the Senate has just done it will be very difficult to claim that is not true.
The Chinese take matters of internal security very seriously, and the status of Hong Kong is one of those issues that they are super sensitive about. China will never, ever compromise when it comes to Hong Kong, and if the U.S. keeps pushing this issue it could literally take us to the brink of a military conflict.
And you can forget about a comprehensive trade agreement ever happening. Even if a Democrat is elected in 2020, that Democrat is going to back what the Senate just did. That is why it was such a major deal that this bill passed by unanimous consent. It sent a message to the Chinese that Republicans and Democrats are united on this issue and that the next election is not going to change anything.
And the trade deal that President Trump was trying to put together was already on exceedingly shaky ground. “Phase one” was extremely limited, nothing was ever put in writing, and nothing was ever signed. And in recent days it became quite clear that both sides couldn’t even agree about what “phase one” was supposed to cover…
A spokesperson for China’s Commerce Ministry said earlier this month that both countries had agreed to cancel some existing tariffs simultaneously. Trump later said that he had not agreed to scrap the tariffs, lowering hopes for a deal.
“They’d like to have a rollback. I haven’t agreed to anything,” the president said.
On Tuesday, Trump was visibly frustrated by how things are going with China, and he publicly warned the Chinese that he could soon “raise the tariffs even higher”…
President Donald Trump threatened higher tariffs on Chinese goods if that country does not make a deal on trade.
The comments came during a meeting with the president’s Cabinet on Tuesday. The U.S. and China, the world’s two largest economies, have been locked in an apparent stalemate in trade negotiations that have lasted nearly two years.
“If we don’t make a deal with China, I’ll just raise the tariffs even higher,” Trump said in the meeting.
Unfortunately, raising tariffs isn’t going to fix anything at this point.
In fact, Trump can raise tariffs until the cows come home but it isn’t going to cause the Chinese to budge.
That is because on Tuesday evening everything changed.
When they passed the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019” by unanimous consent, the U.S. Senate essentially doused our relationship with China with kerosene and set it on fire. The following comes from Zero Hedge…
In a widely anticipated move, just after 6pm ET on Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill, S.1838, showing support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong by requiring an annual review of whether the city is sufficiently autonomous from Beijing to justify its special trading status. In doing so, the Senate has delivered a warning to China against a violent suppression of the demonstrations, a stark contrast to President Donald Trump’s near-silence on the issue, the result of a behind the scenes agreement whereby China would allow the S&P to rise indefinitely as long as Trump kept his mouth shut.
As we reported last week, the vote marks the most aggressively diplomatic challenge to the government in Beijing just as the US and China seek to close the “Phase 1” of their agreement to end their trade war. The Senate measure would require annual reviews of Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law to assess the extent to which China has chipped away the city’s autonomy; in light of recent events, Hong Kong would not pass. It’s unclear what would happen next.
I am finding it difficult to find the words to describe what this means to the Chinese.
We have deeply insulted their national honor, and our relationship with them will never be the same again.
Many will debate whether standing up to China on this issue was the right thing to do, but in this article I am trying to get you to understand that there will be severe consequences for what the U.S. Senate just did.
There isn’t going to be a comprehensive trade deal, the global economy is going to suffer greatly, and the Chinese now consider us to be their primary global adversary.
Shortly after the Senate passed the bill, a strongly worded statement was released by the Chinese government. The following excerpt comes from the first two paragraphs of that statement…
On November 19th, the US Senate passed the “Hong Kong Bill of Rights on Human Rights and Democracy.” The bill disregards the facts, confuses right and wrong, violates the axioms, plays with double standards, openly intervenes in Hong Kong affairs, interferes in China’s internal affairs, and seriously violates the basic norms of international law and international relations. The Chinese side strongly condemns and resolutely opposes this.
In the past five months, the persistent violent criminal acts in Hong Kong have seriously jeopardized the safety of the public’s life and property, seriously trampled on the rule of law and social order, seriously undermined Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability, and seriously challenged the bottom line of the “one country, two systems” principle. At present, what Hong Kong faces is not the so-called human rights and democracy issues, but the issue of ending the storms, maintaining the rule of law and restoring order as soon as possible. The Chinese central government will continue to firmly support the Hong Kong SAR Government in its administration of the law, firmly support the Hong Kong police in law enforcement, and firmly support the Hong Kong Judiciary in punishing violent criminals in accordance with the law, protecting the lives and property of Hong Kong residents and maintaining Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability.
For a long time I have been warning that U.S. relations with China would greatly deteriorate, and this is the biggest blow that we have seen yet.
The U.S. and China are now enemies, and ultimately that is going to result in a tremendous amount of pain for the entire planet.
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who cares? nobody..china can go to hell and none too soon–china you suck
If the US does not keep the moral authority of human rights who will? Are going to let this ultra evil Chinese Communist regime get away with everything? I say cut all ties with them – screw tariffs – just cut economic relations altogether and watch Beijing crawl to lick our boots. They were nothing before US recognition and they will be nothing again if we severe all ties.
If the US wants independence for Honk Kong it had best dig deep and buy it.
I would like to say it was a missspell but this looks like the usual Windows 8.1 USB keyboard read error.
honk kong is about right!! more like donkey kong…. pray for the freedom loving people though—but it looks like hk is going to turn into a complete cesspool
And yet, same as it ever was… same as it ever was…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8&app=desktop
The U.S. military has Chinese people in it
Well; Sort of like some other country butting into our business here correct….? Not saying they are right, just saying. And the B4 guys comment is quite stupid…
what you say moron—china has 10,000 riots,protests a year that you never hear about–its run by greedy tyrants–ever been there jackass? i have–its a filthy shett hole run by losers–never going back–they steal everything they can–every country around china hates china–they just put up with them to make a buck– and countries like cambodia are corrupt and sold out to china by its “leadership”—countries like vietnam should hate the usa but hate china 1000 times more–so keep talking all your bullshett aj,your an idiot loser–when war begins with china it will be over in 10/15 hours with half of china gone and all its military,just like many times in history when china got its ass handed to it
Is Trump pro-Tyranny?
Trump Gives China “Tacit Endorsement” To Use Excessive Force On Hong Kong Protestors
- https://deadline.com/2019/08/last-week-tonight-john-oliver-donald-trump-china-hong-kong-protestors-1202670956
Trump allows local police to stock up on high-powered military vehicles and gear
President Donald Trump’s executive order will reverse an Obama policy limiting the sale of military vehicles and other equipment to local police.
- https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/08/28/trump-allows-local-police-to-stock-up-on-high-powered-military-vehicles-and-gear
Trump encourages Police Brutality [as though we did NOT AREADY have enough Police Brutality/Terrorism during the Obama era]:
During a speech to law enforcement on July 28, President Trump said “please don’t be too nice” to suspects who are arrested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i8zKrfF34c
Who Will Now Police the Police?
The Justice Department’s retreat from taking on abuses by local law enforcement will impede reform. [Trump appointee Jeff Sessions should be hanged!]
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/sunday-review/trump-sessions-police-reform.html
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