“Again, we’re seeing violent scenes that we don’t want to see anymore,” she told reporters after a weekly meeting with advisers. “There’s an overseas government that interfered with Hong Kong affairs, and that is most regrettable.”The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act requires an annual review by the US Department of State of the favorable trading status that the US grants to the territory. Lam is to visit Beijing on Dec. 16 and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), Hong Kong broadcaster Cable TV reported last night, citing sources. The government said she was targeted by a “violent mob” while on a trip to promote Hong Kong. Cheng, who returned home from Beijing yesterday, told reporters that she had suffered a bone fracture around her wrist and had an operation in London.

Source: Taipei Times December 03, 2019 15:56 UTC