US Warns China Against Destabilising Hong Kong
Pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui is carried out by security during a scuffle with pro-Beijing lawmakers at the House Committee’s election of chairpersons at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on May 18, 2020. Anthony WALLACE / AFPThe United States on Thursday urged China to respect Hong Kong’s autonomy, warning that its proposed national security law for the city would be “highly destabilizing” and face global opposition.
“We urge Beijing to honor its commitments and obligations in the Sino-British Joint Declaration — including that Hong Kong will ‘enjoy a high degree of autonomy’ and that people of Hong Kong will enjoy human rights and fundamental freedoms,” Ortagus said.“I don’t know what it is, because nobody knows yet. If it happens, we’ll address that issue very strongly,” Trump said.
The US Congress late last year angered China by passing a law that would strip Hong Kong’s preferential trading status in the United States if the urban hub no longer enjoys autonomy from the mainland.
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