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Latest move in response to Beijing’s clampdown is seen by analysts as symbolic as business community still wants market access. Since China imposed the national security law to criminalise what it considers subversion, secessionism, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces, most pro-democracy activists and politicians in Hong Kong have found themselves ensnared by it or arrested for other reasons [Tyrone Siu/Reuters] The United States has imposed sanctions on seven Chinese officials over Beijing’s crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. This is Washington’s latest effort to hold China accountable for what it calls an erosion of rule of law in the...
