WASHINGTON, May 7 — The US State Department is delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday. Pompeo told a news conference the delay was...
Thursday, 07 May 2020 10:35 AM MYT
Pompeo told a news conference the delay was to allow the report “to account for any additional actions that Beijing may be contemplating in the run up” to China's May 22 National People’s Congress “that would further undermine the people of Hong Kong's autonomy.” Hong Kong was rocked in 2019 by months of massive, and sometimes violent, political protests over a now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland China for trial and calls for greater democracy.
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