OPINION: Hong Kong's new China-mandated 'national security' law is a threat to democratic values. The United States should have a strong response.

USA Today
Date: July 5, 2020
By: Marion Smith, Opinion contributor

Communist China has officially taken over Hong Kong. The passage on Tuesday of Beijing’s so-called “national security law” effectively absorbs the formerly autonomous city in the totalitarian system of the Chinese mainland, threatening its freedoms with extinction. Everyone is now looking to the United States — the leader of the free world — for a strong and principled response.

The White House has already restricted some trade with Hong Kong and announced travel resurrections on some Communist officials, while Congress is moving forward with an unprecedented sanctions bill. All these actions are useful, but they’re not nearly enough. Communist China’s unprecedented repression deserves an unprecedented response.

That’s why President Trump should travel to Taiwan.  [FULL  STORY]