The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong starred in a propaganda-campaign video by the city’s pro–Chinese Communist Party government last week, amid worsening repression targeting Beijing’s political opponents. While he defended the move in a statement to National Review, people close to figures persecuted by the Hong Kong authorities condemned the appearance.
The State Department, meanwhile, declined to criticize the cameo, despite Washington’s long-standing support of the pro-democracy movement in the city.
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