In a fiery statement, China’s Foreign Ministry has accused US lawmakers of a “political plot” to undermine Beijing after the US House of Representatives approved a measure in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act is now heading to the US Senate where it has bipartisan support.

South China Morning Post editors Teddy Kyng and John Carter discuss the implications of the US bill, which Beijing has described as an attempt to suppress Hong…