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China Sanctions Mike Pompeo, 27 Other Trump Officials

China Condemns US Sanctions Over Hong Kong Crackdown

December 9, 2020 4:15 am

China’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office has condemned United States sanctions on Chinese officials over the role they played in a national security law for Hong Kong, calling it ‘purely double standards’, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

The office expressed ‘strong indignation and condemnation’ at the U.S. State Department decision to sanction the 14 Vice-Chairpersons of the National People’s Congress, China’s legislative body.

The United States had on Monday imposed financial sanctions and a travel ban on these officials over their alleged role in Beijing’s last month disqualification of elected opposition legislators in Hong Kong. A spokesman …

Thousands Protest In Hong Kong Over China Security Law Proposal

May 24, 2020 5:14 pm

Police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters who gathered Sunday against a controversial security law proposed by China, in the most intense clashes for months.

As the demonstrators and police were facing off in the semi-autonomous financial hub, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi insisted in Beijing that the proposed law must be imposed “without the slightest delay”.

The planned legislation — expected to ban treason, subversion and sedition — comes after Hong Kong was shaken last year by months of massive, often-violent protests, and repeated warnings from Beijing that it would not …