Pompeo says way U.S. treats Hong Kong depends on how China does
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States would in future treat Hong Kong as a Chinese city rather than an autonomous one to the extent that China treats the territory as a Chinese city.
Pompeo told the online Copenhagen Democracy Summit that elections due in Hong Kong in September would “tell us everything that we need to know about the Chinese Communist Party’s intentions with respect to freedom in Hong Kong.”
He also said Washington was working its way through a decision-making process over who would be held accountable over curbs to Hong Kong’s freedoms.
Pompeo spoke two days after his first face-to-face meeting in months with China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, at which the latter said Washington needed to respect Beijing’s positions on key issues and halt its interference in matters such as Hong Kong, while working to repair relations.
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Trump supposedly asked Xi for help getting re-elected. Is THIS what he has to do in RETURN?
