Hong Kong: smooth transition in the air
Sky world news/The United States announced Monday , December 7 new sanctions against Beijing, at a time when the firmness against China, erected as "the greatest threat to democracy", seems to be the subject of a growing consensus between the outgoing team.
of Donald Trump and the future administration of Joe Biden.
The US Treasury and State Department this time targeted 14 senior Chinese parliament officials for their role in passing a controversial national security law that "undermined Hong Kong's autonomy."
These vice-chairs of the parliamentary standing committee and members of their families will no longer be able to enter the United States, while their possible assets in the United States will be frozen.
Washington had already imposed such sanctions on about fifteen Hong Kong officials, including chief executive Carrie Lam, in response to Beijing's adoption of this draconian national security law widely seen as a way of regaining control of the government.
territory supposed to enjoy a large autonomy.
And President Trump has withdrawn from Hong Kong the preferential trade status that the former British colony enjoyed with the United States.
The standing committee of the Chinese parliament "has voted unanimously in favor of the national security law repeatedly used by Beijing to muzzle any dissent and arrest those who protest against its oppressive policies," said the secretary of state. Mike Pompeo in a statement.
Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives voted unanimously on Monday in favor of a measure to welcome Hong Kong residents to the United States for a period of five years, with the right to work.
The Senate has yet to vote for it to come into force. "Smooth transition" Hong Kong police on Monday arrested three people accused of chanting Hong Kong indépendance slogans on a university campus in November, in a further illustration of the impact of the national security law on women.
freedoms in the territory, where prosecutions against pro-democracy figures are increasing.
