Two U.S. senators are planning to introduce a bipartisan bill that would sanction Chinese officials for undercutting Hong Kong’s autonomy, hours after Beijing moved to impose a sweeping national security law on the territory.
Titled the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, the legislation aims to defend human rights in Hong Kong by penalizing officials complicit in the Chinese regime’s meddling in the territory. It also proposes sanctions on banks that conduct “significant transactions” with entities involved in such abuse.
