Memorandum adopted in the USA, concerning immigrants from Hong Kong, roughly violates the norms of international law. This was stated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, reports TASS.
The departments accused Washington in the wrong intervention in the internal affairs of Hong Kong. “The pathetic behavior of the United States is not at all the concern for Hong Kong and his people, but the gross interference in his affairs and the support of a small handful of the forces of the Anti-Chinese chaos,” indicated in the statement.
The Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry stressed that Beijing is ready to confront the illegal actions of foreign states against Hong Kong. According to the statement, the Chinese government intends to protect the sovereignty of the country, the interests of security and development.
On August 5, American President Joe Biden signed a memorandum, which allows some people from Hong Kong, devoid of guaranteed freedoms in their homeland, extend their stay in the United States. It is noted that Washington had “good foreign policy reasons” to take such measures. In the memorandum, the American leader once again criticized the law on securing national security in Hong Kong. It was accepted in the summer of 2020 in response to protests against the previously adopted act on the extradition of criminals for the continental part of the country, held in Hong Kong in 2019.
July 30 reported that Hong Kong’s Supreme Court appointed the first punishment for violating the law on national security. A 24-year-old former waiter Tonga in China was given to nine years of imprisonment for terrorism and appeals for separatism. As a maximum penalty, the law provides for a life imprisonment.