However, US leader has notably avoided any personal criticism of President Xi Jinping. FMTNews
Donald Trump says China’s treatment of Hong Kong diminishes the city’s ‘long-standing and proud status’.
“This is a tragedy for the people of Hong Kong, the people of China and indeed the people of the world,” Trump said. “This will affect the full range of agreements, from our extradition treaty to our export controls on dual-use technologies and more, with few exceptions,” he said. Pompeo earlier said that the measure was not aimed at all Chinese students but rather the students with links to the communist state.
Critics say Trump has been eager to fan anger at China over Covid-19 to deflect attention from his own handling of the pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States, the highest death toll of any country.The United States and Britain earlier in the day raised the topic of Hong Kong at the Security Council, where China wields a veto – making any formal session, let alone action concerning the financial hub, impossible.
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