A senior Chinese official has expressed the Chinese side's firm opposition to and strong condemnation of the recent passage of the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 by the U.S. Congress.
Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, made the statement in an interview with Xinhua.