Beijing blasts ‘absurd’ tributes to Joshua Wong, other jailed Hong Kong activists after US, Britain express disgust at ‘political persecution’

Beijing blasts ‘absurd’ tributes to Joshua Wong, other jailed Hong Kong activists after US, Britain express disgust at ‘political persecution’

South China Morning Post - Hong Kong·2020-12-05 07:03

China’s top body overseeing Hong Kong says sentences handed to Wong and others do not compensate for their crimes against the nation

US secretary of state said earlier that Hong Kong activists’ resistance is ‘testament to the human spirit’

Beijing and Hong Kong officials have hit out at the United States and Britain for backing Joshua Wong Chi-fung and other opposition activists jailed this week, saying the sentences barely atone for their crimes against China.

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