Donald Trump on Tuesday signed legislation that gave his administration more power to impose sanctions on Chinese officials in retaliation for a draconian national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong.
Mr Trump said the Hong Kong Autonomy Act provided “powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing Hong Kong’s freedom”. He also signed an order rescinding special trade and economic privileges for the Asian financial centre.
The moves came weeks after China imposed a harsh anti-subversion law on Hong Kong to stamp out the pro-democracy movement in the former British colony.
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