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Pompeo says Hong Kong does not warrant pre-1997 special treatment
"No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts o
- "No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground," Pompeo said in a statement.
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he certified on Wednesday to the US Congress that Hong Kong does not continue to warrant special treatment under the US laws in the same way that applied when the territory was still under the British law before July 1997.
"No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground," Pompeo said in a statement.
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