HK Urges US to Invite Lee to Summit After News He’s Barred
- Hong Kong and Beijing urge US to fulfill its duty as APEC host
- John Lee was sanctioned for cracking down on civil liberties
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Hong Kong called on Washington to let its leader, John Lee, attend a major economic summit in the US this fall after a report that the Biden administration plans to bar the sanctioned official.
“The US is obliged to fulfill its basic responsibilities as a host to follow the rules and usual practices” of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc, the city said in a statement Friday, adding that would entail inviting it chief executive. “The APEC meeting does not belong to a particular country,” it said.