The senior U.S. defense official for Asia said on Tuesday that the United States...
Anti-government protesters form a sign reading"Free HK" from folded paper birds during a demonstration at New Town Plaza shopping mall in Hong Kong, China, October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Randall Schriver, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, said the United States was “100 percent” behind those in Hong Kong who were speaking out for respect for fundamental rights guaranteed in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration. “But I think in general, we are concerned about the heavier hand that Beijing has taken and the Hong Kong authorities have taken with what we regard as legitimate activities on the part of the people of Hong Kong,” Schriver added.
“What we are concerned about is the heavier hand from Beijing and how that can be distorted and turned into something more repressive,” Schriver said
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