China on Wednesday condemned the passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 in the US Senate. The US Senate passed the legislation on Tuesday despite strong opposition from the Chinese government, Xinhua reported.

#China on Wednesday condemned the passing of the #HongKongHumanRightsandDemocracyAct of 2019 in the #US Senate.

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"The move grossly interfered in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs, seriously violated international laws and the basic norms governing international relations and blatantly bolstered the opposition and radical violent criminals in Hong Kong, which once again laid bare in front of the whole world the overbearing nature of some US politicians and their evil attempt to contain China's development," said Yang Guang, Spokesperson, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of China's State Council.