Stand up to Beijing, Hong Kong singer tells U.S. lawmakers, companies

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Ho told Reuters on Monday that Beijing was using its power and influence to quash dissent around the world, and urged businesses who invest in China and Hong Kong, a former British colony, to robustly support human rights and democracy.

"We see businesses profiting" in China, she said."There are a lot of U.S. companies that have been based in Shenzhen, and they have turned a blind eye to this issue, to these human issues." U.S. lawmakers are fine-tuning a bipartisan bill that would require an annual review of the special treatment Washington gives Hong Kong, including trade and business privileges, under the U.S. Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.

Credit rating agency Moody's on Monday lowered its rating of Hong Kong to negative from stable, reflecting what it called the rising risk of"an erosion in the strength of Hong Kong's institutions" amid the city's ongoing protests.

 

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