Political leaders of the United States, Europe and Japan have denounced China’s new national security laws. They note the laws are aimed at punishing activists in self-ruling territory. But some observers are wondering, will international anger and statements of concern make a difference? Some experts say individual countries have little influence over human rights in mainland China. They say a joint effort could make a difference. But that appears unlikely because of tensions between the United States and its traditional European allies.
Title: Can the West Influence China’s Hong Kong Policy?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4354/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Can the West Influence Chinas Hong Kong Policy?' data-article-id='4886'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10542'>Political leaders of the United States, Europe and Japan have denounced China’s new national security laws.</span> <span data-start-time='10542' data-end-time='19188'>They note the laws are aimed at punishing activists in self-ruling territory.</span> <span data-start-time='19188' data-end-time='29708'>But some observers are wondering, will international anger and statements of concern make a difference?</span> <span data-start-time='29708' data-end-time='40083'>Some experts say individual countries have little influence over human rights in mainland China.</span> <span data-start-time='40083' data-end-time='45167'>They say a joint effort could make a difference.</span> <span data-start-time='45167' data-end-time='56042'> But that appears unlikely because of tensions between the United States and its traditional European allies.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div 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