(AmericanProsperity.com) – Hong Kong’s government has spoken out against the U.S. House of Representatives passing a bill that could close the representative offices in America, and they have accused the U.S. of spreading misinformation about HK with the passing of this bill.
The House was scrutinizing a series of China-related legislative proposals including the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification Act. If the measures are approved, this could increase diplomatic tensions between the world’s largest economies.
Algernon Yau, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, spoke against the bill’s passing by saying that it was political slander against the laws that help to safeguard national security. Yau stated, “The passing of the bill … actually is not creating any benefit to anybody at all.”
Hong Kong said in a statement that the attack on the Chinese city was “politically driven” and that it violated international law. China’s Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong also said that if the United States pushed the bill to approval and shut the offices down, China would take resolute measures.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that it would essentially jeopardize America’s own interests as well. Ning said, “China urges the U.S. to stop pushing forward the bill, so as not to cause more harm to the stability and development of China-U.S. relations.”
A bill was passed in the U.S. House that would require the White House to remove the extension of certain privileges to three Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices in the United States, which includes New York, San Francisco, and Washington.
Once the bill was put into effect, the U.S. Secretary of State would identify if these offices merit the privileges and if not, then they would have six months to terminate their operations.
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