Pompeo warns U.S. could assess Hong Kong not sufficiently independent from China
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about COVID-19 during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington on May 6, 2020.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed 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.
Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997, and the territory was promised a “high degree of autonomy” for 50 years. The system formed the basis of the territory’s special status under U.S. law, which has helped it thrive as a world financial centre.Pompeo announced on May 6 that the State Department was delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoyed sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States.
Tensions between Washington and Beijing have spiked in recent weeks, as Pompeo and President Donald Trump have complained about China’s early handling of the coronavirus outbreak.In February, the Trump administration said it would begin treating five major Chinese state-run media entities with U.S. operations the same as foreign embassies, requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department.
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