The sanctions are expected to further escalate tensions between Washington and Beijing, who are already locked in friction over trade tariffs and other issues like Taiwan. “Beijing and Hong Kong ...

The U.S. sanctioned six senior Chinese and Hong Kong officials on Monday, citing "transnational repression" and further erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy in the Trump administration's first major move ...

By Tiffany May Reporting from Hong Kong The U.S. fired a new round of sanctions at China on Monday, targeting six high-level Chinese and Hong Kong officials over what it described as acts of ...

The State Department sanctioned six Beijing and Hong Kong authorities who Secretary of State Marco Rubio said are "undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy." ...

The sanctions signal an appetite in the Trump administration for an approach to China that focuses on human-rights concerns.

Beijing has torn up Hong Kong’s freedoms and now threatens the security of Hong Kongers and their supporters around the world ...

The Hong Kong office of China’s foreign ministry condemned the sanctions, saying they again exposed the ill-intention of the U.S. to undermine the city’s prosperity and contain China’s ...