President-elect Biden’s pick for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, had tweeted in support of Hong Kong, saying the new administration would stand up to Beijing.
China has warned the incoming administration of Joe Biden not to interfere with matters in Hong Kong, following a tweet by the president-elect’s pick for secretary of state. Antony Blinken is a seasoned Obama-era foreign policy adviser and, once confirmed by the Senate, will succeed a staunch China critic in Mike Pompeo. He tweeted in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement on Wednesday after local police confirmed they had arrested 53 activists for violating the city’s national security law. The operation involved around 1,000 law enforcement officers who launched dawn raids at 72 locations, Hong Kong police told reporters. « The Biden-Harris administration will stand with the people of Hong Kong and against Beijing’s crackdown on democracy, » Blinken wrote on Twitter. Beijing sent a warning to the next American government later the same day, with foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying voicing support for the authority of the Hong Kong police.
