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South China Morning Post on 2019-08-08 22:26

Ex-envoy Kurt Tong says ‘threshold should be high’ for US lawmakers to change Hong Kong’s special status

Recently retired consul general calls for restraint from politicians seeking to review a US law that treats the territory as separate from mainland China.

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