; Whereas, on July 30, 2019, China’s Foreign Ministry said the pro-democracy protests are the work of the United States , alleging that there had been unprecedented levels of contact between prodemocracy leaders and the United States; Whereas the Chinese Communist Party has expressed its strong indignation and has called the protests absolutely intolerable , raising fears that the Party may use force in an attempt to violently suppress the protestors; Whereas, on August 5, 2019, teachers, aviation workers, finance employees, and civil servants went on strike across 7 districts, the largest citywide strike in decades, which evolved into a wave of demonstrations, and resulted in the police firing 800 tear gas rounds to clear the protestors, almost as many as were used in the previous 8 weeks; Whereas, on August 5, 2019, a self-professed pro-government mob of men violently attacked demonstrators with sticks and metal bars in North Point after the demonstrators were dispersed by police from Admiralty, and again the police did not respond to the ambush; Whereas, on August 6, 2019, a Chinese Communist Party official threatened the demonstrators by stating that, those who play with fire will perish by it and as for their [the demonstrators,] punishment, it’s only a matter of time ; and Whereas, on August 7, 2019, pro-Beijing media began publishing articles accusing Julie Eadeh, the Political Counselor at the United States Consulate General in Hong Kong, of subversion, as well as publicly identifying her husband and family: Now, therefore, be it