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let's now shift our focus to the
tensions escalating between the u.s and
china the trump administration has now
sanctioned
hong kong's chief executive carrie lam
over her role in curtailing the
political freedoms in hong kong
china has slammed the newly imposed
sanctions by the united states
hong kong secretary for commerce said in
a statement and i quote
this kind of sanction targeting
officials or leaders of another country
is savage
disproportionate and unreasonable china
has also warned that there could be a
possible retaliation against the u.s
businesses in the international
financial hub
the united states has expressed its
discontent over china's recent clam down
on the historically independent
financial center that is hong kong
sanctions have been imposed on 11 senior
chinese communist party officials and
their hong kong allies these individuals
will have all their property and assets
in the u.s frozen
these are the first set of sanctions
against these officials from china and
hong kong over the suppression
of the pro-democracy movement and
descent within the territory
they are being imposed as actions
following an executive order signed by
the u.s president in july
seeking to punish china sanctioning the
chinese officials marks yet another blow
by the u.s president against beijing
last month the administration imposed
sanctions on the chinese government
including a senior member of the
communist party over human rights abuses
against the largely muslim
ui good minority
for more on this our correspondent nick
harper from washington dc has sent us
this report listening
well this is a very significant move by
the united states
after weeks of increased rhetoric
against china
the u.s treasury department going ahead
with sanctions against
11 individuals in hong kong and on
mainland china
including against the chief executive
carrie lam
also being targeted 10 other individuals
including the police commissioner
and several secretaries in various
political departments including the
secretary of
security and the secretary for justice
it means that if any of those 11
individuals hold property here in the
united states
they will be seized and any assets here
in the u.s will be frozen
but it also means that no u.s citizen
can have any dealings
with any of these 11 individuals now
symbolically this is a very
severe move by the united states the
first of its kind
and going after the top executives
and the top leaders within hong kong of
course all of this
following anger displayed from the
united states
after beijing decided to impose a new
national security law in hong kong
the u.s in announcing these sanctions
said that those 11 individuals
had undermined the autonomy of hong kong
and also
that they had been suppressing freedom
and democratic
processes also for president trump this
is something
that he will want to be able to show his
voters he is doing
to stand up against china there's been
plenty of anti-china rhetoric there's
also been
some action as well including trade
tariffs
over the last year and a half but this
is another move to show that he's
standing up
not just for democratic rights but also
standing up
to china in ways that the us feels
that beijing is mishandling the
situation in hong kong
let's not get yourself
