Two Republican lawmakers on Monday criticized the State Department for possibly failing to be transparent with Congress regarding Hong Kong’s representation in the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco.
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chairman of the House China Committee, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a senior member of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, asking him to clarify whether his agency had extended an invitation to Hong Kong’s top official, John Lee, who is under U.S. sanctions.
