{"id":156255,"date":"2026-08-18T22:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156255"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:46:44","slug":"us-democrats-rebuke-trump-for-easing-sanctions-on-beijing-hong-kong-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156255","title":{"rendered":"US Democrats rebuke Trump for easing sanctions on Beijing, Hong Kong officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSeveral top US Democratic lawmakers chided US President Donald Trump on Tuesday for easing sanctions recently on Chinese and Hong Kong officials who, they said, were \u201ccomplicit in Beijing\u2019s dismantling of Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cWe write to express serious concern,\u201d the four-page letter said. \u201cIt raises serious questions about the durability of US policy towards Hong Kong that we believe warrant a direct response from the administration.\u201d<br \/>\nOn July 14, the US allowed its designation of Hong Kong&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/diplomacy\/article\/3364488\/us-democrats-rebuke-trump-easing-sanctions-china-hong-kong-officials?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSeveral top US Democratic lawmakers chided US President Donald Trump on Tuesday for easing sanctions recently on Chinese and Hong Kong officials who, they&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156255"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}