Hong Kong's government says sanctions imposed by the US on leader Carrie Lam and other officials are 'shameless and despicable,” adding that Hong Kong is being used as a 'pawn' in the US-China relationship.
"The unscrupulous intentions of the U.S. politicians to support the anti-China chaos in Hong Kong have been revealed, and their clowning actions are really ridiculous," China's Liaison Office said in aLuo, the most senior mainland political official in Hong Kong who took up the post earlier this year, said U.S. sanctions on him indicated the he was doing what he"should be doing for my country and Hong Kong.
Speaking at a media conference in July before sanctions were imposed on her — and where she announced the
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