US warns China over Hong Kong
The demonstrations have triggered the Asian financial hub’s biggest political crisis since its handover from Britain to China in 1997.
United Nations, US: The US ramped up pressure on China at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, rallying countries against Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims and warning it is watching Hong Kong.
President Donald Trump fired several shots across the bow of the fellow Security Council member, moving beyond his typical attacks against China on international trade.
“The world fully expects that the Chinese government will honour its binding treaty... (and) protect Hong Kong’s freedom and legal system and democratic ways of life,” Trump told the General Assembly.
“How China chooses to handle the situation will say a great deal about its role in the world and the future,” the Republican tycoon added during his third appearance at the diplomatic forum in New York.
It marked one of his most strident speeches on the situation in Hong Kong since massive anti-government protests broke out there three months ago.
The demonstrations have triggered the Asian financial hub’s biggest political crisis since its handover from Britain to China in 1997.