US threatens more sanctions amid chorus of overseas condemnation over HK lawmakers disqualificationsUS National Security Advisor Robert C O’Brien said the "One Country, Two Systems" has become merely a fig leaf covering for the CCP’s expanding one-party dictatorship in Hong Kong. The United States threatened more sanctions amid a chorus of condemnation from overseas countries against the disqualification of the four pan-democrats but Beijing once again criticized them for intervening in Chinese affairs. “These freedoms and rights must be respected, and the high degree of autonomy enjoyed by Hong Kong must also be preserved,” the spokesman added. “The qualification of Hong Kong LegCo members is purely an internal affair of China. No other country has the right to make irresponsible remarks or intervene in the matter,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesman of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Source: The Standard November 12, 2020 06:33 UTC