Pence tells Hong Kong protesters in China speech: 'We stand with you'
WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of curtailing “rights and liberties” in Hong Kong and criticized U.S. company Nike and the National Basketball Association for falling in line with Beijing in a disagreement over free speech.
But he took China to task for its handling of pro-democracy protests that have rocked Hong Kong for more than four months. “We stand with you, we are inspired by you. We urge you to stay on the path of non-violent protest,” Pence said in his address at a Washington think tank. Pence directed some of his harshest words at sports apparel giant Nike and the NBA, which he accused of siding with China’s Communist Party over freedom of speech in Hong Kong.
By “siding with the Chinese Communist Party and silencing free speech, the NBA is acting like a wholly owned subsidiary of the authoritarian regime,” Pence said. Trump is due to attend a summit in Chile where he has said he hopes to close a “phase one” trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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