jul 25, 2019 - 7.25 US Secretary of State Pompeo says he wants the protests in Hong Kong to remain peaceful and wants China to exercise restraint. A spokesman for the US State Department said it was concerned about comments made by the Ministry of Defense of the Chinese mainland against whether the People's Liberation Army stationed in Hong Kong would deploy, urging the Chinese mainland to abide by the promises of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law to allow Hong Kong to implement a high degree of autonom

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he wanted the protests in Hong Kong to remain peaceful and wanted China to exercise restraint. A spokesman for the US State Department said it was concerned about comments made by the Ministry of Defense of the China on whether the People's Liberation Army stationed in Hong Kong would be mobilized, urging China to abide by the promises of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law to allow Hong Kong to implement a high degree of autonomy.

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Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-25/pompeo-urges-china-to-do-the-right-thing-in-hong-kong-protests
SCMP
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3020142/us-state-department-worried-beijings-hints-it-could-use-troops?fbclid=IwAR11j0aQ7BPXUMGcZhMfrHfjgO7SZ6YBzglx_wGN3aE6JyoKB5ojGOLbjns

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