Carrie Lam hopes Biden administration will give Hong Kong’s national security law ‘a fair hearing’
2021-01-29 09:38:32 source：CNBC
January 28, 2021
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam told CNBC on Thursday that she’s “optimistic” the new U.S. administration under President Joe Biden will give her government “a fair hearing” with regard to the city’s controversial national security law.
The law was imposed in Hong Kong last year by the Chinese central government in Beijing — bypassing the city’s lawmakers. The Trump administration criticized the move, which became one of the issues at the center of worsening U.S.-China ties.
Lam, however, denied that Hong Kong is a sticking point between the two economic powers. Instead, she said the U.S. sometimes used the city as a “pawn” in its dealings with China.
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