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The sanctions list (click here) includes the 14 vice presidents: Wang Chen, Cao Jianming, Zhang Chunxian, Shen Yueyue, Ji Bingxuan, Ailigen Yiming Bahai, Wan Exiang, Chen Zhu, Wang Dongming, Baima Chilin, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai Dafeng, and Wu Weihua.
Sanctions from the Ministry of Finance will include asset freezes and financial penalties.
The US sanctions against the erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy by the CCP have now been elevated to various deputy CCP state officials. The chairman of the CPC National People’s Congress is Li Zhanshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, who has not been included in the US sanctions list.
The People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China is called a rubber stamp, which is an organization that the Communist Party of China needs and establishes for the legitimacy of the government. The CCP convened the so-called two sessions to make the regime appear legitimized by show of hands by the so-called representatives. The representatives themselves are not elected by the common people, but appointed.
The National People’s Congress of the Communist Party of China forcibly passed the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law in late June, authorizing the Hong Kong government to implement policies that violate one country, two systems to suppress dissidents. and undermine the autonomy of Hong Kong, and the freedom rights of the Hong Kong people are further restricted.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement on December 3, condemning the latest political persecution by the Hong Kong government against Huang Zhifeng and other Democrats. The statement (original text) said that the Hong Kong government’s political persecution of Hong Kong’s defenders of democracy shocked the United States.
“Using the courts to repress peaceful dissent is a sign of authoritarian regimes. This also highlights once again that the Chinese Communist Party’s greatest fear is the freedom of expression and freedom of thought of its own people,” the article reads. release.
“The people of Hong Kong must freely exercise the rights guaranteed by the Basic Law (as promised by the CCP), the Sino-British Joint Declaration (a treaty submitted to the United Nations) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They resist for the CCP to deprive them of their basic rights. The struggle will go down in history as a testimony to the human spirit, “the statement said.
“The United States will continue to work with allies and partners around the world to defend the rights and freedoms of the Hong Kong people and all victims under the oppressive rule of the CCP,” the statement said at the end.
The Hong Kong government, supported by the Beijing government, expelled four opposition lawmakers from the legislature in November. This move prompted a large-scale resignation of Hong Kong’s democratic members.
On November 18, the Five Eyes Alliance comprised of Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States issued a joint statement condemning the Chinese Communist Party for introducing new regulations and depriving liberal members of Hong Kong from the seat, believing that this is a new wave of actions by the Chinese Communist Party to clamp down on Hong Kong’s freedom. And he called on Beijing to honor its international commitments and stop harming the rights and interests of the Hong Kong people.
On November 9, Secretary of State Pompeo announced sanctions on four top officials from China and Hong Kong, banning them from going to the United States and blocking any U.S.-related assets they may have. The State Council declared that these four Hong Kong and Chinese officials implemented the CCP’s National Security Law, threatening Hong Kong’s peace, security and autonomy. The four are Li Jiangzhou, Liu Cihui, and Li Guihua. They are leaders and officials of entities (including government entities) involved in the implementation and expansion of the CCP’s “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law,” as well as sanctions against Deng Zhonghua, deputy director of the Office of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs of the State Council.
The US State Department officially warned international financial institutions on October 14 not to do business with people who suppress democratic activities in Hong Kong, otherwise they may soon be subject to secondary sanctions.
On the same day, pursuant to Article 5 (a) of the Hong Kong Self-Government Act, the United States Department of State announced a report it submitted to Congress identifying ten sanctioned officials from mainland China and officials from Hong Kong. Kong. The ten sanctioned officials are: Chen Guoji, Zheng Ruohua, Carrie Lam, Li Jiachao, Luo Huining, Deng Bingqiang, Zeng Guowei, Xia Baolong, Zhang Xiaoming, Zheng Yanxiong.
In August this year, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam, current and former Hong Kong police chiefs, and other senior officials for their role in suppressing the democracy movement and restricting the freedom.
Carrie Lam said not long ago that after being sanctioned by the United States no bank dared to open an account for her, now she is forced to spend in cash every day, even her salary is paid in cash.
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