US Condemns Beijing’s Move to Impose National Security Law on Hong Kong

Pompeo said the United States 'will continue to stand with the freedom-loving people of Hong Kong'

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a joint news conference on the International Criminal Court at the State Department in Washington on June 11, 2020. Yuri Gripas/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a stern warning against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after it decided to impose a draconian national security law on Hong Kong, saying that the United States “will not stand idly by while China swallows Hong Kong.”

“Today marks a sad day for Hong Kong, and for freedom-loving people across China,” Pompeo stated in a press release from the State Department on June 30.