The Chinese regime decided on Aug. 20 to postpone the decision on the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law for Hong Kong, a law Beijing uses to retaliate against Western-imposed sanctions. China’s rubber-stamp legislature was expected to formally approve the law for the Chinese-ruled city on Friday to counter actions by foreign governments amid escalating geopolitical tensions. However, the vote was postponed for the time being while studying on the issue continues, according to local public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong, citing words from Tam Yiu-chung, the city’s sole delegate of the regime’s rubber-stamp legislature. This move will “make the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law even more effective,” Tan responded to local media outlets’ inquiries on Friday. State-run media Xinhua news also didn’t mention any decisions related to the law. The Hong Kong government said in a Friday statement that it “fully supports and executes any such decisions” by Beijing as a response. But it didn’t …
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