Pompeo Warns China Over Interference With US Journalists in Hong Kong

Pompeo Warns China Over Interference With US Journalists in Hong Kong
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, on April 29, 2020. Andrew Harnik/File/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday it had come to his attention that China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong, and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kong’s autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kong’s status.

“These journalists are members of a free press, not propaganda cadres, and their valuable reporting informs Chinese citizens and the world,” Pompeo said in a statement.