The US president has stepped up pressure on China on multiple fronts, especially on the coronavirus pandemic. FMTNews Trump
A protester carrying an American flag is surrounded by riot police during a protest in Hong Kong earlier this month.
Trump announced that he had issued an executive order, which was not immediately released, on Hong Kong as he predicted decline for the restless city, on which Beijing recently imposed a tough new security law. The new US law authorises sanctions against Chinese officials and Hong Kong police seen as infringing on the city’s autonomy – and, crucially, any banks that make significant transactions with them.
But the act enjoyed overwhelming bipartisan support, meaning Congress could likely override any veto. China has quickly put the law to use, on Monday warning that a primary among pro-democracy parties in which 600,000 Hong Kongers participated was a “serious provocation”.
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