China imposes sanctions on US organizations for Washington's support for extremist activities in Hong Kong

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China today announced sanctions against a number of US organizations and suspended the review of requests from US military ships and aircraft to visit Hong Kong in protest against the US incitement to rioters and violence in Hong Kong.

"The United States recently passed the (Protection of Human Rights and Democracy in Hong Kong) Act, ignoring China's protest," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was quoted as saying in a press briefing in Beijing. Serious international law and basic standards of international relations as well as being a blatant interference in China's internal affairs. "

Beijing also expressed strong protest and decided in response to sanctions against a number of US non-governmental organizations, including the National Democratic Institute, Human Rights Watch and Freedom House, for supporting violent extremist activities in Hong Kong, Hua said.

The spokeswoman also noted the suspension of a review of requests from US military ships and aircraft to visit Hong Kong.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on December 28 that it would take tough countermeasures if the United States continued its intervention in Hong Kong affairs. Blatant hegemony. ”

The ministry late last month summoned US Ambassador to Beijing Terry Branstad twice to provide explanations and protest Washington's signing of the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act 2019.

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