WASHINGTON, July 13 — The United States is weighing restricted options to deal with China over its recent moves in Hong Kong, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported yesterday, as tensions between Washington and Beijing heat up. Steps against Hong Kong’s financial system risk hurting US,...
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WASHINGTON, July 13 — The United States is weighing restricted options to deal with China over its recent moves in Hong Kong, theSteps against Hong Kong’s financial system risk hurting US, Western and Hong Kong companies and consumers, according to theMeasures like more targeted sanctions against Chinese officials and trade moves against products made in Hong Kong would have little impact on Beijing’s integration of the city into the mainland’s political and security system, the WSJ added.
Washington last week imposed sanctions on the autonomous region of Xinjiang’s Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, a member of China’s powerful Politburo, and three other officials. As bilateral tensions escalate over matters ranging from the coronavirus, trade, the new Hong Kong security law and allegations of human rights violations against Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the US government alerted American citizens on Saturday to “exercise increased caution” in China.
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