WASHINGTON, May 28 — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday China had undermined Hong Kong's autonomy so fundamentally that the territory no longer warranted special treatment under US law, a potentially big blow to its status as a major financial hub. Pompeo's certification to the US...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the State Department in Washington May 20, 2020. — Nicholas Kamm/Pool pic via Reuters
It now falls to President Donald Trump to decide to end some, all, or none of the US economic privileges which the territory enjoys. Trump, already at odds with Beijing over trade and China's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, had said on Tuesday Washington was working on a strong response that would be announced before the end of the week.
“No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground,” he said. China's security proposal, unveiled last week, triggered the first large street protests in Hong Kong for months. Specifics of the security bill remain unclear and will not be enacted until later. It is meant to tackle secession, subversion and terrorism after major unrest last year and could see Chinese intelligence agencies set up bases in Hong Kong.Chinese authorities and Hong Kong's Beijing-backed government say there is no threat to the city's high degree of autonomy and the new security law will be tightly focused.
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