Overview

• Cui Jianchun met U.S. Consul General Julie Eadeh on Tuesday and issued four “don’ts,” including orders not to meet certain people, collude with anti‑China forces, support activities seen as destabilizing, or interfere in national security cases.
• The warning followed pro‑Beijing media reports that Eadeh invited Anson Chan and Emily Lau to consular events after taking up her post in August.
• Beijing’s Hong Kong affairs office amplified criticism by reposting articles labeling Eadeh a promoter of a “color revolution” and citing her 2019 meetings with activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law.
• The U.S. State Department rejected the rebuke on Thursday, calling such engagement standard diplomatic practice for American officials, including in Hong Kong.
• The consulate did not immediately comment, as the episode underscores ongoing U.S.–China friction over Hong Kong’s security regime alongside wider disputes over trade, technology and Taiwan.