HONG KONG, Oct 3 (SCMP): The Hong Kong government has lashed out at the US State Department for interfering in Chinese affairs after it proposed to give residents priority resettlement in America as refugees, saying persecution did not exist in the financial hub.
Opposition figures welcomed the move, while leading pro-establishment lawmaker Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee called the decision another political gesture that was unlikely to help protesters under police investigation.
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