{"id":17789,"date":"2020-06-02T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17789"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:58:07","slug":"hong-kong-slams-trump-over-plans-to-revoke-special-status-accuses-us-of-double-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=17789","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong slams Trump over plans to revoke special status, accuses US of \u2018double standards\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The chief executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam has slammed President Donald Trump<\/a> for moving to strip the city of its special status in a bid to punish China for imposing national security laws on the semi-autonomous nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lam who made the comments on Tuesday, also accused the United States of \u201cdouble standards\u201d in its response to violent protests and looting in the US amid widespread anger over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died in police custody last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are very concerned about their own national security, but on our national security, they look through tinted glasses,\u201d Lam said at her weekly news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are riots in the US \u2013 we are seeing how local governments are reacting. When we had similar riots in Hong Kong, we saw what position they adopted then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lam said the move by Trump to strip it of its special status to spite China would be self-defeating and took aim at the Trump administration for its own response to the racial justice protests sweeping the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cForeign governments are criticising over government,\u201d she said. \u201cSome have threatened action and I can only say they are adopting double standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, about the so-called sanctions or removing Hong Kong\u2019s special status, these acts will only hurt themselves and do not benefit anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days ago, Hong Kong\u2019s<\/a> Security minister, John Lee, told reporters after Trump said the city no longer warranted economic privileges, that Hong Kong could not be threatened and would push ahead with the new laws imposed by China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think they will succeed in using any means to threaten the [Hong Kong] government, because we believe what we are doing is right,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice minister Teresa Cheng said the basis for Trump\u2019s actions was \u201ccompletely false and wrong\u201d, saying national security laws were legal and necessary for the former British colony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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