The “Hong Kong version of Belle Isle” of the Hong Kong primary election raid has attracted a great deal of global attention. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement Wednesday night (6) U.S. time, expressing outrage at the incident and threatening to impose sanctions on those involved, including Hong Kong’s trade representative to the U.S., who also faces restrictions, stressing that “the United States will not stand idly by while Hong Kong people are oppressed by the Communist Party. Ross Feingold, a U.S. political risk management consultant, said in an interview with the station that the chances of the U.S. enforcing the sanctions are quite high.
Pompeo said in a statement that “the United States will consider imposing sanctions or other restrictions on any individual or entity that has a role in the suppression of Hong Kong people. He also said the U.S. would also impose restrictions on Hong Kong’s trade representatives in Washington.
Among the 53 people arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday, John Clancey, a lawyer and treasurer of “Democracy Power” and a U.S. citizen, was released on bail late that night. In response, Pompeo emphasized that the United States will not tolerate arbitrary detention or harassment of U.S. citizens.
Ross Feingold, a U.S. political risk management consultant, told the station that the chances of the U.S. enforcing the sanctions are quite good and that it is “not a surprise” that the U.S. would sanction Hong Kong’s trade representative in Washington.
The U.S. government has long considered imposing restrictions on Hong Kong’s trade representatives in Washington, said Feingold, adding that after the “anti-China” (movement), there have been corresponding laws and sanctions, such as restrictions on Hong Kong’s imports into the U.S., as if Hong Kong had the same special treatment as mainland China. She (the U.S.) has also considered the restrictions on Hong Kong’s representative office in the U.S., which can be applied to the Chinese Communist Party’s ambassador to the U.S., which is not unexpected.
The Trump administration will seize the only remaining 14 days of its term to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China as planned, Fong believes.
As for the impact of the new round of sanctions on Hong Kong’s status as an international financial center, Fang believes it is “too early to tell” and that the impact of the sanctions on Hong Kong’s economy “will not be reflected until at least the second half of this year” as the Hong Kong and global economies are hit by the raging epidemic of Newcastle pneumonia (a Chinese Communist virus).
Hong Kong police on Wednesday deployed 1,000 police officers to make a major arrest of 53 people who participated in last year’s pro-democracy primary election for allegedly violating the crime of “subversion of state power”. The so-called “subversion of state power” is the cause of Hong Kong’s democratic camp held a two-day primary election on July 11 last year, 52 lists of candidates, the organizers said more than 600,000 people voted.
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