Iran Press/ Asia: A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson in Hong Kong accused the US of attempting to interfere with China’s internal affairs.
The Chinese spokesman called US politicians 'arrogant, unreasonable, and shameless' for attempting to interfere with China’s 'internal affairs' in a Thursday statement released after the National People’s Congress (NPC) approved a sweeping and controversial national security law tailored for Hong Kong.
The statement comes a day after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress that the State Department no longer considers Hong Kong autonomous from mainland China, Sputnik reported.
"The United States stands with the people of Hong Kong," Pompeo tweeted on Wednesday before the NPC approved the law.
Hong Kong has been governed under a 'one-country, two-system' model since the city -a former British colony- was returned to China in 1997.
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