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Statement by Secretary Pompeo On China’s Threats to Impose Visa Restrictions on U.S. Officials
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June 30, 2020

On China’s Threats to Impose Visa Restrictions on U.S. Officials

U.S. Department of State Seal
U.S. Department of State Seal

06/29/2020

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

The Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on Hong Kong prompted the United States to retool its relationship with the territory. The Chinese Communist Party’s threats to retaliate by restricting visas for U.S. citizens exposes once again how Beijing refuses to take responsibility for its own choices. If China wants to regain the trust of Hong Kongers and the international community, it should honor the promises it made to the Hong Kong people and to the United Kingdom in the U.N.-registered 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration.