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National security law: Beijing offices overseeing Hong Kong issue ‘final madness’ condemnation of US sanctions response to mass arrests
Beijing’s two offices overseeing Hong Kong affairs hit out on Monday at the latest United States sanctions imposed on Chinese officials over this month’s mass arrests of opposition activists, warning the departing administration in Washington to bring an end to its “final act of madness”.The condemnations were issued in response to the US last week applying financial penalties to six more Chinese officials – including Tam Yiu-chung, Hong Kong’s sole delegate to the nation’s top legislative…