China slams US criticism of Hong Kong election changes, questions America’s ‘moral capital’
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(Worthy News) – A Chinese official hit back Friday at U.S. criticism of planned election law changes in Hong Kong, noting the chaos surrounding the recent American presidential election.
Semi-autonomous Hong Kong is an internal Chinese issue that no foreign country has the right to interfere in, said Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council.
A statement from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned what it called China’s “continuing assault on democratic institutions in Hong Kong.” It followed Thursday’s approval by China’s rubber-stamp legislature of a plan to increase Beijing’s control of how Hong Kong’s legislature is chosen. [ Source: Fox News (Read More…) ]
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