U.S. Vice President Pence: China’s Hong Kong law is a ‘betrayal’ – CNBC interview

July 2, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told CNBC on Thursday that China’s new law on Hong Kong is a betrayal of an international agreement.

“The national security law that China passed and now is imposing on Hong Kong is a – it’s a betrayal of the international agreement that they signed, and ultimately it’s unacceptable to freedom-loving people around the world,” he said.

(Reporting by Lisa Lambert and Doina Chiacu, Editing by Franklin Paul)