Michael Pompeo

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The all-China Assembly of people’s representatives (the national people’s Congress, the highest legislative body of the PRC) adopted a resolution on the preparation of the draft law on national security in Hong Kong will help to maintain order in the special administrative region of China

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Washington will take steps to prevent the arrival in the United States for study in universities of those Chinese citizens who can engage in espionage in the interests of the Chinese authorities, said U.S. Secretary of state Michael Pompeo in an interview for Fox News, the transcript was published on Friday a press-service of the American foreign Ministry, reports TASS.

The Secretary was asked to comment on the allegations of The New York Times about what U.S. authorities are planning to cancel the visa about 3 thousand students and scholars from China that are associated with educational institutions collaborating with the people’s liberation army (PLA). Pompeo has not confirmed this information.

“The Chinese Communist party worked hard to get a huge impact in the U.S.,” he said. Now, according to him, the American authorities intend to take measures to ensure that young people, who come to the U.S. from China, “do not act in the interests of the Communist party of China”.

Pompeo also expressed confidence that “the Chinese Communist party destroys all that distinguishes Hong Kong from the rest of the country.”

According to Secretary of state, that allowed Hong Kong to be a financial center, “will now disappear.”

The all-China Assembly of people’s representatives (the national people’s Congress, the highest legislative body of the PRC) adopted on Thursday a resolution on the preparation of the draft law on national security in Hong Kong will help to maintain order in the special administrative region of China. Local authorities supported the initiative and noted that it will not affect the legitimate rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong.

At the same time supporters of the Hong Kong opposition expressed concern at the decision, describing it as a violation of the principle of “one country, two systems” which Hong Kong is guaranteed a special Autonomous status.