NOTE: Before answering the questions, read the “Background” and watch the videos under “Resources” below the questions.

1. Who was arrested by the Chinese communist government in Hong Kong over the weekend? Be specific.

2. What charges were brought against those arrested?

3. a) What is the Sino-British Joint Declaration?
b) How did China violate its agreement, according to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo?

4. a) Define antithetical, malign and industrial espionage as used by U.S. Attorney General William Barr in his comments about the arrests.
b) What did Attorney General Barr say about the Communist Party’s actions?

5. As expected, the communist government of China accused the U.S. of being in the wrong for supporting democracy activists in Hong Kong. What is ironic about their description of the activists, and their description of the U.S. and how the world will react?

6. Check out the links below the videos under “Resources” to learn about Hong Kong’s pro-Democracy protesters (many of whom are high school and college students).
Watch the video. Consider Mr. Les’s expected outcome for the protests.
The U.S. continues to support Hong Kong, as do some other western countries. The UN has demonstrated its ineffectiveness and corruption relating to many authoritarian regimes (China was just appointed to an important committee on the UN Human Rights Council; the UN’s World Health Organization helped China cover-up coronavirus in the beginning, etc.).

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