Joe Biden offers US as a temporary safe haven to Hong Kongers in response to China's crackdown on human rights
"Such moves disregard and distort facts, and grossly interfere in China's internal affairs," spokesman Liu Pengyu told AFP.
Critics say it is being used to undermine the "one country, two systems" architecture for the city's governance, established when Britain handed its former colony back to China in 1997. Under the national security law, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, "Hong Kong's promise of democracy has dimmed."
"Hong Kongers are facing abhorrent retribution for actions as simple as speaking out against Beijing's crusade to undermine freedom, democracy, and basic rights in #HongKong," he tweeted. The Washington-based Hong Kong Democratic Council, one of those hit with sanctions, said Biden's offer of DED status "will provide a critical lifeline for Hong Kongers currently in the US."
Offering safe haven to Hong Kongers is likely to further sour relations between Beijing and Washington.
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