HONG KONG - A move by China to shut the United States’ consulate-general in Hong Kong as a way to hit back at the US for booting out the Chinese counterpart in Houston would be akin to a nuclear option, political watchers said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Get unlimited access to The Straits Times and more at S$ 0.99/month.Get unlimited access at $0.99/month*Get access to all with our no-contract promotional package at only $0.99/month for the first 3 months*HONG KONG - A move by China to shut the United States’ consulate-general in Hong Kong as a way to hit back at the US for booting out the Chinese counterpart in Houston would be akin to a nuclear option, political watchers said.
“If it acts on Hong Kong again and closes the US consulate in Hong Kong, it will be a kind of a bomb,” Prof Wu said. “The US would be denied the vantage point to check the degree of deterioration if this were to happen after the national security law, but this would be a drastic step,” he said. “A local business community that is already quite politically nervous would only become more so, and the pace of financial and human capital outflows would probably increase,” Mr Silvers added.
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