China's state media is hitting back at American President Donald Trump's announcement last week that he would be revoking Hong Kong's favored trade status with the U.S.
State media commentary said it was clear that with elections later this year, politicians are diverting the public's attention away from domestic crises.
Hong Kong, a British colony that was handed over to Chinese rule in 1997, is a Chinese special administrative region with semi-autonomous status. Under the "one country, two systems" framework, the territory is given economic and civil freedoms that people in the mainland do not not have.
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