China says it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction a range of pro-democracy groups in retaliation for Congress’ passage of legislation supporting human rights in the semi-autonomous territory.
Pro-democracy supporters hold up cards which read "Five Demands, Not one less" during a rally by the advertising industry in Hong Kong Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. Thousands of people took to Hong Kong's streets Sunday in a new wave of pro-democracy protests, but police fired tear gas after some demonstrators hurled bricks and smoke bombs, breaking a rare pause in violence that has persisted during the six-month-long movement.
Along with suspending visits by official U.S. military ships and aircraft, Hua said China would sanction organizations including the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Human Rights Watch, the International Republican Institute, Freedom House, and others that she said had “performed badly” in the Hong Kong unrest.
Among the groups to be subject to the unspecified sanctions, the National Endowment for Democracy receives funding directly from Congress, while others generally draw their running costs from a mixture of private and public grants.
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