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Welcome to the Views Room, a weekly podcast brought to you by Reuters Breaking Views. I'm Jeff

Goldfar, the Asia editor, coming to you from Honguters Breaking Views. I'm Jeff Goldfar, the Asia editor,

coming to you from Hong Kong. This week I'm joined by my colleagues here, Robin Mack and

Pete Sweeney, who like me are trying to process the incredible turn of events this past week,

which have left the place we call home getting squeezed by two warring giants, China and the United States.

Breaking overnight was the conclusion by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Hong Kong is no

longer autonomous from China. That decision could end decades of special treatment for this Asian

financial hub, which has long been considered distinct from the People's Republic for the purposes

of trade,

travel, and other matters.

Pompeo's declaration to the U.S. Congress follows a decision by Beijing days earlier

to move forward with a controversial national security law for Hong Kong.

It targets, among other things, subversion and anything deemed to be foreign interference.

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