Trump signs executive order, bill targeting China over Hong Kong

트럼프 "홍콩 특별지위 박탈 행정명령•中 제재법안 서명"

U.S. President Trump has signed legislation slapping sanction on China for its interference in Hong Kong's autonomy,... a move expected to further damage U.S.-China relations.
He also said he signed an executive order ending preferential treatment that Hong Kong has long enjoyed.
Our Kim Jae-hee has this report.
U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a harder stance on China.
The president on Tuesday issued an executive order and signed legislation that holds China accountable for what he called its "oppressive actions" against Hong Kong.
The executive order issued by Trump would end preferential treatment for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's status as China's global financial hub would be gone and the territory would be treated the same as mainland China, with no special privileges, no special economic treatment and no export of sensitive technologies.
He also signed into law legislation that had passed both houses of Congress earlier this month.
"This law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing Hong Kong's freedom."
The legislation will impose sanctions on Chinese government officials for imposing a new national security law, that's widely seen as eroding the "one country, two systems" framework and depriving Hong Kong of its autonomy.
Under the legislation, banks doing business with those officials could also be sanctioned.
With China likely to retaliate, the moves are expected to further damage U.S.-China relations.
During the briefing on Tuesday, Trump also said he holds China fully responsible for concealing COVID-19 and unleashing it upon the world.
He also showed unwillingness to resolve the issue through dialogue, by stressing that he has "no plan" to speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping in the near future.
Kim Jae-hee, Arirang News.

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[wwppk]

Please read Hong Kong Basic Law, Chapter II - Relationship between the Central Authorities and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Article 18:

'In the event that the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decides to declare a state of war or, by reason of turmoil within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region which endangers national unity or security and is beyond the control of the government of the Region, decides that the Region is in a state of emergency, the Central People's Government may issue an order applying the relevant national laws in the Region.'

6 months of rioting rampage last year definitely qualifies as 'turmoil within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region which endangers national unity or security and is beyond the control of the government of the Region'. Article 18 clearly grants authority to the Central Government to intervene and restore the peace in a catastrophic situation of prolonged destruction and chaos by passing the National Security Law, because the HKSAR government has failed to bring the rioting rampage under control.

[ReadingWithShep]

This is the South Korean news network. It’s like America 2.0

[ednaalvarez]

Yes President Trump is respected for doing what is wright.

[FimbongBass]

I cant imagine trump and xi in the same room, a fight would break out lol