# Dem candidates and Hong Kong
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dem-candidates-and-hong-kong/839700
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [September 4, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dem-candidates-and-hong-kong/839700 "2019-09-04T19:43:20Z")
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dem-candidates-and-hong-kong/839700/1 "2019-09-04T19:43:20Z")
Have any of the Dem candidates expressed support for the Hong Kong protesters? Or Trump’s lack of support for them?
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dem-candidates-and-hong-kong/839700/2 "2019-09-04T20:07:09Z")
Here are some links:
> **[Top 2020 Democrats punt on China's Hong Kong crackdown threat](https://www.axios.com/2019/08/18/2020-democrats-hong-kong-protests)**
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> Few candidates could suggest a concrete response if China uses violent military force against the protestors.
> **[2020 Daily Trail Markers: Democrats take aim at Trump over Hong Kong](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-daily-trail-markers-democrats-take-aim-at-trump-over-hong-kong/)**
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> The protests come amid a trade dispute between China and the United States that have resulted in tariffs on both countries
> **[The Presidential Candidates on China and Human Rights](https://www.cfr.org/article/presidential-candidates-china-and-human-rights)**
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> How, if at all, should China's treatment of the Uighurs and the situation in Hong Kong affect broader U.S. policy toward China?