WASHINGTON/HONG KONG: The US might revoke Hong Kong's special trading privileges if China enacts a tough new security law covering the territory. China's foreign minister Wang Yi warned that the two countries seemed poised 'at the brink of a new Cold War.'
People on Monday morning moving around the debris of roadblocks set by protesters during a protest against a planned national security law in the Wan Chai district in Hong Kong, China, on Sunday. - Bloomberg
Referring to Beijing's 1984 agreement to grant Hong Kong, a former British colony, substantial autonomy through 2047, O'Brien told CBS's"Face the Nation" that"it looks like they're violating that agreement." Washington and Beijing have also jousted sharply over blame for the coronavirus pandemic, and over the role of the World Health Organization.
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