Trump to address Hong Kong issue today
Chinese President Xi Jinping is shown on a large video screen in Hong Kong during a live broadcast of the National People’s Congress in Beijing yesterday. China’s parliament approved plans to impose a security law on Hong Kong that critics say will eradicate its promised freedoms. – AFP pic, May 29, 2020.
US President Donald Trump said he will give a press conference today on China amid spiralling US-Chinese tensions over Hong Kong and the coronavirus fallout. “We’ll be announcing tomorrow what we’re doing with respect to China,” he told reporters at an Oval Office meeting yesterday, saying “we’re not happy with China” but giving no specific details about his plans.
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