US Senate rush to pass Hong Kong democracy bill brings growing concerns over city’s future into focus

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Professor Julien CHAISSE, Associate Member of the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law, was quoted in the article “US Senate rush to pass Hong Kong democracy bill brings growing concerns over city’s future into focus “ of the South China Morning Post. The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act breezed through the Senate in November 2019, with many members racing to co-sponsor the bill at the last minute. However, the legislation has been described as ‘symbolic’ because most powers already exist in US law – but it shows strength of bipartisan feeling towards China.