Chinese President Xi Jinping’s long-term strategy is both dependent upon and driven by the Communist Party’s unquestioned supremacy over its citizens. That’s why the Chinese regime is reacting with such ferocity to United States sanctions over its new Hong Kong security law.

The mainland office in Hong Kong on Wednesday described, “The meddling of the U.S. in Hong Kong affairs by means of domestic law is a gross interference in China’s internal affairs and a wanton trampling on international law and basic norms governing international relations.”