>>Mr Bush had asked the State Department to make urgent inquiries into the plight of businessman Lai Kwong-keung
Why should a hongkong person bother the US government?
It has absolutely
nothing to do with where that person originated from. It has everything to do with the abuse of power and discrimination. We don't want to do business with people who believe in either.
Your line of reasoning leads one to think "this person is a subject of the Communist Party, and hence the Communist Party can do whatever they want to him."
The thinking that 'this is only one person, why worry' is barbaric.