The Treasury has imposed sanctions against Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, the latest Trump administration action aimed at curbing Beijing’s influence over Hong Kong
Lam’s decision last Friday, saying it “undermines the democratic processes and freedoms that have underpinned Hong Kong’s prosperity.”
McEnany also said Lam’s invocation of her emergency powers to force the postponement represented “only the most recent in a growing list of broken promises by Beijing, which promised autonomy and freedoms to the Hong Kong people until 2047 in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 24, 2020. US Consulate General in Chengdu after China announced to revoke the license of the US Consulate General in Chengdu on July 24, 2020 in Chengdu, China. | Getty Imagesan executive order prohibiting transactions with the parent Chinese company of the popular video-sharing app TikTok, barring Americans and U.S. companies from conducting transactions with the tech giant ByteDance because of “national security” concerns.
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