Blinken updates report on Hong Kong autonomy law on eve of high-level U.S.-China meeting.
During a four-day trip to Japan and South Korea with Secretary of Defense Austin, the State Department updated its report on the Hong Kong Autonomy Act. In a statement, Blinken criticized the Communist Party’s National People’s Congress for overhauling Hong Kong’s electoral system, once again undermining Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy, and said that Beijing and Hong Kong officials had not listened to the voices of Hong Kong people when they governed, naming 24 Hong Kong and Chinese officials and including them in the “Autonomy Act” report. Autonomy Law” report on.
The 24 people are comparable to the sanctions imposed on Carrie Lam and Xia Baolong
The 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials named this Time include Wang Chen, the vice chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) who just explained at the two sessions of the Communist Party of China (CPC) about “patriots ruling Hong Kong” and purging Hong Kong’s electoral system, You Quan, the head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, Tam Yiu-chung, a member of the Standing Committee of the NPC, and Li Guihua, a senior superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force’s National Security Division, as well as other vice state-level officials. Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Hong Kong Police Force and the National Security Bureau in Hong Kong officials. (See list after the draft)
These 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials have been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department on three separate occasions earlier. According to the Executive Order signed by former U.S. President Donald Trump in July 2020, known as the Presidential Executive Order on the Normalization of Hong Kong (also known as Executive Order 13936), all 24 were sanctioned under the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, one of the legal bases of the Executive Order. In October 2020, the U.S. State Department also added Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Xia Baolong, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Communist Party of China, Luo Huining, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government, Li Ka-chiu, Director of Security, and Tang Ping-keung, Commissioner of Police, to the list of sanctioned individuals under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.
The Hong Kong Autonomy Act seeks to impose financial sanctions on persons or institutions that, to a significant degree, make it impossible for the CCP to maintain Hong Kong’s autonomy, and the U.S. Department of State coordinates with the Treasury Department on sanctions orders. The President of the United States has the authority to freeze the assets of reported persons, deny visas or entry to these persons, and impose sanctions for a period of one year; institutions that deal with sanctioned persons cannot borrow from U.S. financial institutions, are prohibited from bank transactions, and are prohibited from using U.S. dollars in foreign currency transactions. Violators of the HKSA sanctions can be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison and fined up to $1 million. The President of the United States has the authority to waive or terminate the imposition of sanctions, although he or she can veto the President’s decision if there is a consensus between the House and Senate.
But Guo Shuqing, chairman of the Communist Party of China’s Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, said on March 2 that foreign and Chinese financial institutions in Hong Kong and China would not enforce U.S. sanctions.
In an interview with this station, Zhu Mumin, director of the Hong Kong Democratic Commission in Washington, said that the 24 people named by Blinken were already subject to different forms of sanctions, so he believes the U.S. is expanding the sanctions against them this time.
As you can see from the report and the statement, the new list is an extension of sanctions against 14 Chinese Communist Party officials who were subject to other forms of sanctions earlier, but this time the list was updated under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and the sanctioned individuals will be subject to further financial sanctions,” Chu said.
U.S. and China Meet on Eve of “Critical Timing”
Secretary of State John Blinken and White House National Security Adviser John Sullivan will meet Thursday in Alaska with Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and Wang Yi, CPC State Councilor and Foreign Minister, in the first meeting between top U.S. and Chinese officials since the Biden administration took office. Zhu believes the timing of the State Department’s update of the Hong Kong Autonomy Law report demonstrates Washington’s stern response to the Chinese Communist Party’s purge of Hong Kong’s electoral system and its displeasure with the pro-democracy primary election case.
The State Department’s update of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act sanctions list to Congress on the eve of the U.S.-China high-level meeting on Thursday (18) is a clear indication that the United States is not bending over backwards on the issue of Hong Kong, and that U.S. officials can assess what tone to use in discussions with Chinese Communist Party officials on human rights, Chu said. This is not a routine update, but a deliberate decision (a deliberate decision) by the Washington government to add 14 people (24 people) to the Hong Kong Autonomy Law, and there is no need for the government to update the law. This is a decision made by the U.S. government after deep thought, showing that the Washington government is quite serious about the Chinese Communist Party’s National People’s Congress changing the election system in Hong Kong, and the big search for pro-democracy figures, asking The Chinese Communist Party and the Hong Kong government to respond.
Blinken said to cooperate with Japan to defend democracy Fang Enge: If other countries follow the United States or useful
During his trip to Japan, Lincoln issued a statement that he would work with Japan to defend the common belief in democracy and to hold countries or people accountable for endangering democracy. Blinken also said he would stand with allies and partners to speak out for the various rights and freedoms of Hong Kong people, and said that if the Chinese Communist Party is not able to fulfill its obligations, Washington will respond. Ross Feingold, a U.S. political risk management consultant, argued that if the United States could consolidate the sanctions list, it would be more effective for other countries to follow suit.
I think the point is that in addition to the U.S. sanctions list, it depends on whether Europe, Australia, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada will follow suit.
According to Fang Enge, many Chinese Communist Party officials and Hong Kong officials’ assets have either long been transferred to Hong Kong or other financial centers, and there may not be many Chinese Communist Party officials with assets in the United States. However, this time, Washington’s stance, for Hong Kong people around the world, the White House has changed its owner, and the support for Hong Kong still exists. In addition, Fanger also believes that Biden’s team’s support for Hong Kong can consolidate the consensus between the Democratic and Republican parties within the United States.
(The 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials named by Blinken include 14 vice chairmen of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress (Wang Chen, Cao Jianming, Zhang Chunxian, Shen Yueyue, Ji Bingxuan, Ai Liqin Yimingbhai, Wan Exiang, Chen Zhu, Wang Dongming, Baima Chilin, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, Wu Weihua), You Quan, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, Deng Zhonghua, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, deputy head of the Central Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong (Li Jiangzhou, Deputy Commissioner of Police Liu Chi-wai, Senior Superintendent of Police Li Guihua, Senior Superintendent of Police Li Guihua, Head of National Security Division of Hong Kong Police Force Choi Chin-pang, Assistant Commissioner of Police Kong Hok-lai, Assistant Commissioner of Police Kan Kai-yan, Standing Committee Member of Hong Kong National People’s Congress Tam Yiu-chung, Deputy Director of Hong Kong’s National Security Office Sun Qingnuo.
Recent Comments