Advisor to the President USA Robert O'Brien said in an interview with NBC that Washington may impose sanctions against China, if Beijing, through the national security bill "grab" of Hong Kong.
He recalled that the Communist party of China promised the UK in 1984 with the signing of the joint Declaration that Hong Kong would retain autonomy and their way of life until 2047.
"Now for 27 years prior to the expiration of this period, it seems, with this bill on national security (Hong Kong. — Approx. ed.) they actually will capture Kong, and if they do, the Secretary of state Pompeo, most likely, will not be able to confirm in accordance with the 1992 law and the law of 2019 on human rights and democracy in Hong Kong, Hong Kong retains a high degree of autonomy," he said.
According to'Brian, hardly the "Hong Kong will be able to remain the financial center of Asia, if China captures it".
The national security bill to Hong Kong came on the agenda opened Friday’s session of vsekitajsky meeting of national representatives (vsnp). The head of administration of Hong Kong Carrie Lam supported the draft law, saying that its adoption will not affect the rights and freedoms of residents of the area.
Earlier, the US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that any decision of the PRC, which will affect the autonomy and freedom of Hong Kong, will lead to a revision of Washington’s approach to the principle of "one country, two systems". He added that the United States condemn the inclusion in the agenda of the NPC of the project on national security of Hong Kong. It goes to bypass legislative procedures and ignores the will of the people, he added Pompeo.
As previously reported the South China Morning Post, the bill on national security developed specifically for Hong Kong, will include a ban on subversive and separatist activities in any kind of incitement aimed at the overthrow of the Central government, as well as terrorism and external interference. According to the source, Beijing came to the conclusion that the legislature of Hong Kong is unable to accept the document on national security given the political climate in the area, so the initiative was submitted to the NPC.
