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British Lawmakers Demand Sanctions on Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - British lawmakers are asking that so-called "Magnitsky-style"
   sanctions beused against Chinese officials, including Carrie Lam, Hong
   Kong's chief executive, in response to Beijing's recent imposition of a
   security law on Hong Kong.

   Western nations are ratcheting up their response tothe new security
   law,which severely limits the right to protest and criticize
   theChinesegovernment. The law punishes acts of secession, subversion,
   terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, with the threat of life in
   prison.

   Britain, the United States and their allies are testing their leverage
   against China, a measure of global power as tensions rise between East
   and West.

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