Read full article here: [ Ссылка ]
President Trump on Tuesday announced two actions his administration has taken against China as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to rise. During a press conference in the White House Rose Garden, Trump announced that he had signed into law the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and also put his signature on an executive order that ends the United States preferential treatment of Hong Kong. "I signed legislation and an executive order to hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong, Trump said. No administration has been tougher on China than this administration. Trumps signature on the Hong Kong Accountability Act comes after the legislation was passed overwhelmingly in both the Senate and the House earlier this summer. The act imposes sanctions on entities that help violate Hong Kongs autonomy and financial institutions that do business with them, and comes as a response to the passage of a "national security" law that tightened Beijings grip on Hong Kong which has been semi-autonomous from the mainland since 1997. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SANCTIONS CHINESE OFFICIALS OVER HUMAN RIGHT ABUSES AGAINST IYGHUR MUSLIMSThe Chinese law, implemented earlier this summer, says that those who destroy government facilities and utilities would be considered subversive. Damaging public transportation facilities and arson would constitute acts of terrorism. Any person taking part in secessionist activities, whether organizing or participating, would violate the law regardless of whether violence is used. It comes after a full year of pro-democracy protests in the former British territory that was handed over to China 23 years ago on the condition that it would keepa high degree of autonomy from mainland China and a British-style rule of law a "one country, two systems" framework. China has slowly encroached on Hong Kongs autonomy, leading U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo early this year to declare
