From WSJOpinion: Sooner or later, the rest of the world will have to do what the protesters are doing—confront Beijing, writes Mitch McConnell
The Hong Kong crisis is something the world has seen time and again: authoritarian rulers seeking to repress the innate human desire for freedom, self-expression and self-government. The scenes remind us of Budapest in 1956 and the Prague Spring of 1968, of Tiananmen Square in 1989 and Moscow in recent weeks. The next chapter is unfolding today as the Chinese Communist Party terrorizes the people of Hong Kong.
An estimated two million Hong Kongers—about one-fourth of the population—are demonstrating for the freedoms and autonomy...
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