WASHINGTON (AFP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (May 6) postponed a report on whether China is respecting the autonomy of restive Hong Kong as required under a new law that infuriated Beijing.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a report on whether China is respecting the autonomy of restive Hong Kong as required under a new law that infuriated Beijing.
Under the law, the State Department is required by late May to review whether China is respecting the former British colony's autonomy and if the financial hub still deserves preferential trading privileges with the United States. "It is critical that the United States use the available tools under the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act," said a recent letter to Pompeo by lawmakers who included Senator Marco Rubio, a Trump ally, and Representative Eliot Engel, the Democratic head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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