Thousands of police in Hong Kong were deployed to quell protests against a law criminalizing the ridicule of China's national anthem as concerns grow that Beijing is tightening its control over the semi-autonomous territory.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam denies the security law will curtail the rights of Hong Kongers. "I think it is just a matter of time that something serious will happen and what that will do to the whole movement and international reaction to that is something that is not clear for now. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump finds it hard to see"how Hong Kong can remain a financial hub if China takes over."
Great - a 'law maker' wants us to go to war with China? Let's put him in uniform, on the front line.
Newsweek is no longer propagandizing for the CCP? Did we miss something here?
Oh I see HK belongs to Trump
fuck that
Donald Trump has no power anymore. 'Clamping down' will be laughed at. Trump is ineffectual.
Not his business so No
he needs to fix what is going on in the USA...and America is no one to talk. Another black man dead.
He won’t....
China is bad... don’t trust them anymore
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