US, Beijing trade barbs over Hong Kong autonomy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s team is warning China not to tighten control over Hong Kong, despite Beijing’s irritation over comments about the autonomous city.

“The US government remains concerned about the challenges to Hong Kong’s autonomy under the ‘one country, two systems’ framework and it is important to discuss these issues in a transparent manner,” a spokesman for the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong told the South China Morning Post on Saturday.