China on Tuesday accused the United Kingdom of interfering in its internal affairs and said it would "fight back" after Britain announced it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong as a result of China's decision to impose a national security law on the territory.
In a social media post, Joshua Wong, the most prominent leader of Hong Kong's civil rights and pro-democracy movement, said it was "not exactly wisest thing" to describe the national security law as part of China's domestic policies.
Raab said he would extend a long-standing arms embargo on China to include Hong Kong, meaning no exports of weapons or ammunition and a ban on any equipment that might be used for internal repression, like shackles and smoke grenades.
US President Donald Trump has already signalled the end of preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong, and last week British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered equipment from China's Huawei Technologies to be removed from the country's 5G network by the end of 2027.
Raab was pressed by fellow lawmakers to consider targeted sanctions against individuals, over both Hong Kong and concerns about China's treatment of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, but he said any such measures were not imminent.
Officials in Hong Kong and Beijing have said the security law is vital to plug gaps in national security exposed by pro-democracy protests that began in June last year
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