US urges China to respect Hong Kong laws

By Jeff Mason and Doina Chiacu
Updated August 20 2019 - 5:08am, first published 5:02am
Beijing has told the US through an editorial it cannot influence its decisions on Hong Kong.
Beijing has told the US through an editorial it cannot influence its decisions on Hong Kong.

US Vice President Mike Pence has urged China to respect the integrity of Hong Kong's laws and repeated President Donald Trump's warning that it would be harder for Washington to make a trade deal with Beijing if there was violence in the former British territory.

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