The United States will impose new visa restrictions on a number of Hong Kong officials over the crackdown on rights and freedoms in the Chinese-ruled territory.
The United States will impose new visa restrictions on a number of Hong Kong officials over the crackdown on rights and freedoms in the city.
The United States has imposed visa restrictions and other sanctions in the past on Hong Kong officials blamed for undermining freedoms and announced an end to the special economic treatment the territory long enjoyed under US law. "This year, I have again certified that Hong Kong does not warrant treatment under US laws in the same manner as the laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1, 1997," Mr Blinken said, referring to when Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain.
The Commissioner's Office of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong said the report and statements issued by Mr Blinken "confused right and wrong" and "stigmatised" Hong Kong's national security law and the city's electoral system. China's embassy in Washington said it strongly deplored and firmly opposed US threats to "impose unwarranted unilateral sanctions" on Hong Kong.
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