On Friday, the US transferred its pressure strategy against China into the political and military sphere, with sanctions on Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and warnings for Chinese naval movements near Taiwan, heightening tensions after the threat of ban the popular. TikTok and WeChat applications from the Chinese capital and declared a danger to national security.
Today, the Treasury Department sanctioned eleven senior Hong Kong government officials, including Lam, the chief executive, whom he singled out in an unprecedented move to “implement Beijing’s policies to suppress freedoms and the democratic process” , especially after the adoption of the national security law imposed by China, which allows the repression of manifestations of independence and opposition to the communist regime.
