The Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on Hong Kong prompted the United States to retool its relationship with the territory. The Chinese Communist Party’s threats to retaliate by restricting visas for U.S. citizens exposes once again how Beijing refuses to take responsibility for its own choices. If China wants to regain the trust of Hong Kongers and the international community, it should honor the promises it made to the Hong Kong people and to the United Kingdom in the U.N.-registered 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration.
中国共产党对香港的压制促使美国调整与该地区的关系。中国共产党以限制给美国公民的签证作为报复的威胁再度暴露了北京如何地拒绝对它自己作的选择负责。如果中国想要重新获得香港人和国际社会的信任，那就应该履行在联合国备案的1984年《中英联合声明》里对香港人民和英国的承诺。
