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Washington: US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said the Chinese Communist party is intent on destroying Western values, giving the US no reason to continue to treat Hong Kong with special consideration.
Pompeo, appearing on Fox News on Sunday morning, US time, said the United States now has no basis to treat Hong Kong more favourably than mainland China, as Beijing moved to pass a bill to curb the region's freedom.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo previously criticised the Chinese Communist Party for threatening Australia with economic retribution for the simple act of asking for an independent inquiry into the origins of the virus. It’s not right."Credit:AP
He repeated that China's leadership had broken its promise of preserving Hong Kong's autonomy by pursing tighter control over Hong Kong. The Chinese rubber-stamp parliament last week approved a proposal for a sweeping set of new laws aimed to quell the unrest by punishing subversion, secession, terrorism and foreign interference.
"It is a different Chinese Communist Party today than it was 10 years ago," Pompeo said. The party is "intent upon the destruction of Western ideas, Western democracies, Western values."