HONG KONG: Hong Kong on Thursday accused America of using the city as a pawn in ties with China as it slammed a US decision to withdraw from three accords on extradition and taxation. Washington’s move came in response to the imposition by China of a national security law in Hong Kong that critics say is an attack on freedoms in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. But a Hong Kong government spokesperson on Thursday said abandoning the deals created further “troubles in the China-US relationship, using Hong Kong as a pawn,” and “should be condemned by the international community”. “It will hamper the development of the shipping sector between Hong Kong and the US, and is in nobody’s interest,” he said. It also required goods imported from Hong Kong to be marked as “made in China” rather than “made in Hong Kong” as previously.

Source: Manila Times August 20, 2020 08:26 UTC