China announced the suspension Tuesday of Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, and Britain in a tit-for-tat move following similar decisions by…
China announced the suspension Tuesday of Hong Kong’s extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, and Britain in a tit-for-tat move following similar decisions by those countries over a controversial new security law.
Western nations have angered Beijing over their responses to the law imposed on Hong Kong which they see as an erosion of the civil liberties and human rights the city has enjoyed since its handover from Britain in 1997.
The United States has decided to rescind Hong Kong’s special trading privileges while Washington’s “Five Eyes” intelligence partners have suspended their extradition treaties with the city, with New Zealand on Tuesday joining Canada, Britain, and Australia.
The United States has signaled it was preparing to do the same.
