US condemns China’s actions as ‘death knell’ for Hong Kong

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday condemned China’s push for legislation allowing it to exercise more control over Hong Kong, saying such a move would be a “death knell” for the territory’s autonomy from Beijing.The Chinese parliament is expected next week to pass a “national security law” for Hong Kong that provides sweeping authority to Chinese officials to crack down in the territory on acts of “treason, secession, sedition and…