The Trump administration warned that more sanctions could be imposed on Hong Kong and Chinese officials, after Beijing passed a resolution that led to the ousting of four Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers.
“[T]he Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has flagrantly violated...its promises to the people of Hong Kong..‘One Country, Two Systems’ is now merely a fig leaf covering for the CCP’s expanding one party dictatorship in Hong Kong,” stated National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien in a Nov. 11 statement. The latter refers to the framework by which Beijing promised to rule Hong Kong while preserving its autonomy upon transfer from British to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
