The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday joined the Senate in approving a bill condemning China for its harsh measures in Hong Kong by imposing sanctions on groups that undermine the city’s autonomy or restrict its freedom.
The bill targets police forces cracking down on protesters in Hong Kong, as well as Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for enforcing a rigorous “national security” law in Hong Kong, which is considered a special administrative region in China and maintains its own governance and economic control. system.
This measure will also impose sanctions on banks that do business with legal entities recognized as violators of the law.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the unanimous vote in the House of Representatives “an urgent response to the cowardly Chinese government adopting its so-called“ national security law, ” which threatens the end of a“ united country, two systems, ” promised exactly 23 years ago.