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July 15, 2020

China to Retaliate as U.S. Ratchets Up Sanctions over Hong Kong Security Law
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China is vowing to retaliate after President Trump on Tuesday ordered an
end to preferential trade treatment for Hong Kong, while signing a bill
authorizing new sanctions against Chinese officials who imposed an
authoritarian security law on the semi-autonomous territory. It's the
latest in a series of tit-for-tat moves that have brought U.S.-China
relations to their lowest point in decades. On Monday, China imposed
largely symbolic sanctions on senior U.S. politicians, including
Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in retaliation for U.S.
sanctions over China's human rights abuses of minority Uyghurs in
Xinjiang province.


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