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Hong Kong Leader Accuses US of 'Double Standard' Over Protests

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   Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the violent protests across
   the United States are an example of foreign governments applying a
   "double standard" when it comes to China's approach to quelling a year
   of anti-Beijing protests.

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced last week that it no
   longer considers Hong Kong autonomous from China's autocratic rule
   after the mainland's rubber-stamp parliament approved a bill that would
   prevent and punish acts of "secession, subversion or terrorism
   activities" that threaten national security, and allow Chinese national
   security organs to set up agencies in Hong Kong.

   Lam told reporters Tuesday that the U.S. and other governments who have
   criticized China "are very concerned about their own national security,
   but on our national security...they are looking at it through tinted
   glasses."

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