Beijing’s move to tighten its grip on Hong Kong drew swift condemnation from U.S. officials as they weighed options for new sanctions.
Beijing’s move to tighten its grip on Hong Kong drew swift condemnation from U.S. officials as they weighed options for new sanctions in the latest escalation of a brewing cold war between the two superpowers.
Xi has apparently concluded that with the United States preoccupied with the pandemic, its economic devastation and the looming presidential election, he has an opportunity for drastic steps, possibly including making a move in Taiwan. U.S. protection of Taiwan dates to the end of World War II, when Nationalist Chinese fled there to escape the Communist takeover of mainland China.
On Friday, Trump did not make public comments about Hong Kong. But some analysts believe that the pandemic has changed the calculus and that Trump will be all but forced to take a harder line.With the U.S. economy sinking into a painful recession and threatening Trump’s reelection in November, China hawks in his administration have blamed China for its early cover-up of the outbreak and the devastation wrought by the pandemic. Secretary of State Michael R.
But there seemed little reason to expect the measure to force Beijing to abandon its imposition of direct control over the island territory.Pompeo tacitly acknowledged that Beijing’s renunciation of the 1997 agreement was likely to stand when he called China’s plan a “death knell” for Hong Kong’s autonomy.
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