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The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization

Issued on: July 14, 2020

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-393), the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-76), the Hong Kong Autonomy Act of 2020, signed into law July 14, 2020, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, determine, pursuant to section 202 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, that the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) is no longer sufficiently autonomous to justify differential treatment in relation to the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) under the particular United States laws and provisions thereof set out in this order. In late May 2020, the National People’s Congress of China announced its intention to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong. This announcement was merely China’s latest salvo in a series of actions that have increasingly denied autonomy and freedoms that China promised to the people of Hong Kong under the 1984 Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong (Joint Declaration). As a result, on May 27, 2020, the Secretary of State announced that the PRC had fundamentally undermined Hong Kong’s autonomy and certified and reported to the Congress, pursuant to sections 205 and 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, as amended, respectively, that Hong Kong no longer warrants treatment under United States law in the same manner as United States laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1, 1997. On May 29, 2020, I directed the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions under United States law that give Hong Kong differential treatment in relation to China.
China has since followed through on its threat to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong. Under this law, the people of Hong Kong may face life in prison for what China considers to be acts of secession or subversion of state power –- which may include acts like last year’s widespread anti-government protests. The right to trial by jury may be suspended. Proceedings may be conducted in secret. China has given itself broad power to initiate and control the prosecutions of the people of Hong Kong through the new Office for Safeguarding National Security. At the same time, the law allows foreigners to be expelled if China merely suspects them of violating the law, potentially making it harder for journalists, human rights organizations, and other outside groups to hold the PRC accountable for its treatment of the people of Hong Kong.
I therefore determine that the situation with respect to Hong Kong, including recent actions taken by the PRC to fundamentally undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to that threat.
In light of the foregoing, I hereby determine and order:

Section 1. It shall be the policy of the United States to suspend or eliminate different and preferential treatment for Hong Kong to the extent permitted by law and in the national security, foreign policy, and economic interest of the United States.

Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 202 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5722), I hereby suspend the application of section 201(a) of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, as amended (22 U.S.C. 5721(a)), to the following statutes:
(a) section 103 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (8 U.S.C. 1152 note);
(b) sections 203(c), 212(l), and 221(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1153(c), 1182(l), and 1201(c), respectively);
(c) the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
(d) section 721(m) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4565(m));
(e) the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.); and
(f) section 1304 of title 19, United States Code.

Sec. 3. Within 15 days of the date of this order, the heads of agencies shall commence all appropriate actions to further the purposes of this order, consistent with applicable law, including, to:
(a) amend any regulations implementing those provisions specified in section 2 of this order, and, consistent with applicable law and executive orders, under IEEPA, which provide different treatment for Hong Kong as compared to China;
(b) amend the regulation at 8 CFR 212.4(i) to eliminate the preference for Hong Kong passport holders as compared to PRC passport holders;
(c) revoke license exceptions for exports to Hong Kong, reexports to Hong Kong, and transfers (in-country) within Hong Kong of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR Parts 730-774, that provide differential treatment compared to those license exceptions applicable to exports to China, reexports to China, and transfers (in-country) within China;
(d) consistent with section 902(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246), terminate the export licensing suspensions under section 902(a)(3) of such Act insofar as such suspensions apply to exports of defense articles to Hong Kong persons who are physically located outside of Hong Kong and the PRC and who were authorized to receive defense articles prior to the date of this order;
(e) give notice of intent to suspend the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders (TIAS 98-121);
(f) give notice of intent to terminate the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Hong Kong for the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (TIAS 99-418);
(g) take steps to end the provision of training to members of the Hong Kong Police Force or other Hong Kong security services at the Department of State’s International Law Enforcement Academies;
(h) suspend continued cooperation undertaken consistent with the now-expired Protocol Between the U.S. Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior of the United States of America and Institute of Space and Earth Information Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Concerning Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Earth Sciences (TIAS 09-1109);
(i) take steps to terminate the Fulbright exchange program with regard to China and Hong Kong with respect to future exchanges for participants traveling both from and to China or Hong Kong;
(j) give notice of intent to terminate the agreement for the reciprocal exemption with respect to taxes on income from the international operation of ships effected by the Exchange of Notes Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Hong Kong (TIAS 11892);
(k) reallocate admissions within the refugee ceiling set by the annual Presidential Determination to residents of Hong Kong based on humanitarian concerns, to the extent feasible and consistent with applicable law; and
(l) propose for my consideration any further actions deemed necessary and prudent to end special conditions and preferential treatment for Hong Kong.

Sec. 4. All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
(a) Any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
(i) to be or have been involved, directly or indirectly, in the coercing, arresting, detaining, or imprisoning of individuals under the authority of, or to be or have been responsible for or involved in developing, adopting, or implementing, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Administrative Region;
(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any of the following:
(A) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Hong Kong;
(B) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, or autonomy of Hong Kong;
(C) censorship or other activities with respect to Hong Kong that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong, or that limit access to free and independent print, online or broadcast media; or
(D) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary detention, or torture of any person in Hong Kong or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights or serious human rights abuse in Hong Kong;
(iii) to be or have been a leader or official of:
(A) an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in subsections (a)(i), (a)(ii)(A), (a)(ii)
(B), or (a)(ii)(C) of this section; or
(B) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section;
(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or
(vi) to be a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the date of this order.

Sec. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 4 of this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 4 of this order.

Sec. 6. The prohibitions in section 4(a) of this order include:
(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 4(a) of this order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

Sec. 7. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria in section 4(a) of this order, as well as immediate family members of such aliens, or aliens determined by the Secretary of State to be employed by, or acting as an agent of, such aliens, would be detrimental to the interest of the United States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). The Secretary of State shall have the responsibility of implementing this section pursuant to such conditions and procedures as the Secretary has established or may establish pursuant to Proclamation 8693.

Sec. 8. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official business of the Federal Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
Sec. 10. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term “person” means an individual or entity;
(b) the term “entity” means a government or instrumentality of such government, partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization, including an international organization;
(c) the term “United States person” means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States; and
(d) The term “immediate family member” means spouses and children of any age.

Sec. 11. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to section 4 of this order would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 4 of this order.

Sec. 12. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to implement this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All departments and agencies of the United States shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to implement this order.

Sec. 13. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 14. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

Sec. 15. If, based on consideration of the terms, obligations, and expectations expressed in the Joint Declaration, I determine that changes in China’s actions ensure that Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous to justify differential treatment in relation to the PRC under United States law, I will reconsider the determinations made and actions taken and directed under this order.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 14, 2020.

A salute to Mr Yuen Kung Yi (Lee Yee)

The Hong Kong version of national security law not being found on the agenda of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress does not connote backpedalling, but just a brief lull for the international community to come to terms with it and Hong Kong people to assimilate its impact. The introduction of the law will be right back on track at the right moment after that.
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In the international community, except for North Korea and several other nations, all civilized countries condemned the law. China has been besieged and isolated since. Although, by whistling past the graveyard, the HKSAR government claimed that the impact of stern sanctions allegedly to be imposed by the US is limited, China and Hong Kong will be buckling with merely a ban on using SWIFT for international money transfer. No wonder Yang Jie-chi inquired for US Secretary of State Affairs Mike Pompeo in Hawaii on behalf of Xi Jin-ping in no time. The intention of China to mitigate the enmities of Hong Kong and the world towards the national security law is just plain as a pikestaff.
In Hong Kong, in the very beginning, the announcement of enacting the law did make a commotion in the mass, yet later on, quite some lawyers, politicians and democrats started to succumb to it. Being oblivious to the fact that the Basic Law shall deny Beijing the legislative power over Hong Kong, they have been dickering whether the law should be effectuated in accordance with Hong Kong’s legal procedure by the law enforcement institutions in Hong Kong and the defendants tried by the courts in the city. By doing so, they have no objection to the law anymore in effect, but a rather humble request for a smidgen of rickety protection for Hong Kong people, and the legal professionals so that they can still wrest a living from lawsuits, which is indeed chipping away at the rights of Hong Kong people.
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Meanwhile, China is working hard. Deng Zhong-hua, an unknow Deputy Director of Hong Kong and Macau Office, said in Shenzhen: The SAR has the major responsibility for conserving national security, and the law enforcement and jurisdiction should be accomplished by the SAR. But he indicated that the central government shall preserve its jurisdiction over some “extremely serious cases” under particular conditions. He did not elaborate what “extremely serious cases” are, but just said that the cases are “scarce”.
We are already familiar with the abovementioned situation. In the early 80s, a commotion and general feeling of insecurity in the mass was also created in the very beginning when China was believed to recover Hong Kong’s sovereignty. Before long, Hong Kong people had succumbed to “one country, two systems” and “Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong” by concocting a course of self-comforting medicine called “democracy ruling Hong Kong” for the democrats and those who were unwilling or unqualified to emigrate. Having taken the drug for decades, has “democracy ruling Hong Kong’ been realized yet?
With the iron law upheld by most countries that vested interest comes first, the authoritarian rests assured: no plans are unsuccessful by baiting traps. Believe it or not.
Seeing the legal professionals tend to succumb to the introduction of the law after initiating the objections by themselves, the Hong Kong people who are still clear-headed are more than despondent. About a month ago, an elderly KOL named Yuen Kung-yi popped up. Despite having been living in the US, Beijing and Shanghai for decades, where he has gained ample experience in establishing relationships with politicians and businessmen, he has carried off most endorsements from Hong Kong netizens by scoring 6-digit views for each video clip he posted. With persistence in the Hong Kong values and unique perspectives and deliberations concerning Hong Kong, he is sincere and pragmatic, neither flinching nor self-seeking. He has even flied to Washington, D.C. to lobby the US politicians in the past few days with the belief that actions speak way louder than words. Amid the low morale among Hong Kong people, his remarks are pretty inspiring and heartening.
In his early speech, he objected to Hong Kong’s politicians and legal professionals pulling back, deeming that a discouragement to US’s sanctions. Yesterday, his daughter Erica Yuen, former TV artiste, wrote on her Facebook page that her father “is smeared out of context with fake old news and conspiracy after having just a few words of criticism of a local politician, but he “is being occupied with serious business in Washington, D.C., so will not have time and effort on tattle and prate.
“Tattle and prate” is, however, bitterly disappointing. Hong Kong has been descending for more than 20 years, not only because of the intervention of the CCP, but also the mentality of dragging out an ignoble life advocated by some politicians and KOLs. Whenever an incisive viewpoint is found, they are busy witch hunting. No wonder the CCP has Hong Kong by the short hairs.

I admire Mr. Yuen Kung-yi for his coming forward as a businessman to speak up in the darkest hour, not to mention the enormous number of views online that has suggested his viewpoints represent mainstream public opinions. One of his most significant remarks is: The last laugh lies on Hong Kong people’s resolve.
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Be About Your Father’s Business

“And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” (Luke‬ ‭2:49‬ ‭NKJV)

I enjoy watching period dramas, partly because they remind me that I am royalty in Christ.

In these shows, you will see the regally-dressed crown prince (the chosen heir to the kingdom) being super wealthy, having no lack. That’s us.
Our God supplies all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

But besides the material blessings, the crown prince usually has to lead and fight conquests if the emperor commands him to.

This is our main responsibility here on earth today. We are sent to destroy the rebel forces of darkness, dismantle their spiritual strongholds and set up a strong, secure presence of our Abba God’s kingdom here on earth.

As a benevolent King, our God’s will is to save mankind through the preaching of the Gospel, so that many will be saved through Christ Jesus.

We are equipped with the very best spiritual gear for this huge task.
Our offensive weapons are: prayer (especially praying in tongues) and God’s word.
Our defensive armor pieces are: our eternal salvation, the gift of righteousness, our faith, the Gospel and the truth of God’s word.

These things may seem foolish and weak into the natural, but they are mighty because they are blessed by God and backed by His power.

Many times we feel like we’re fighting fires on a daily basis, in survival mode, hardly feeling like royalty.

However, amidst all the demands of each day and the strong temptation to just focus on seeking material blessings, we should look up and remind ourselves that we are children of the Most High God.

As joint-heirs with Christ, we have a vested interest in conducting our Father’s business with excellence.
Everything that is His also belongs to us.
We are going to inherit the kingdom and many who run with this revelation are going to become honored rulers of cities and respected leaders during the Millennial Reign of Christ on earth, and beyond.

It is eternally rewarding to be going about your Father’s business.
He will surely supply everything you need and lead you by His Spirit to demolish the presence of evil around you.

Remember—you are a king and priest to God, with angels commissioned to fulfill your prayer requests.
Your Father loves you, so if you love Him too, bring Him great joy by prioritizing His business.
Ask Him, “Abba God, how can I serve Your purposes today? I am available—empower and use me for Your glory.”

There’s much more revelations about eternal rewards that I want to share with you, but it will take whole book for you to understand and digest these truths.

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我係莫乃光
我係民主派既候選人
過去四年香港ＩＴ 根本無做過主角
而係 停滯不前 照顧既只係小眾既利益
IT需要改變！

選我入議會，我會堅持爭取民主普選
真正 監察政府施政 制定ＩＣＴ產業政策
創造 高質素 職位

四年困局 一起衝破
請投我 莫乃光 一票

I am Charles Mok, candidate for the Information Technology Functional
Constituency of the pan democratic camp

In the past 4 years, the role played by the IT industry
in Hong Kong has been diminished.

We have been caught in an impasse with
no hope of changes, only attending to the vested interest.

We need changes in the IT industry
If I am elected, I will insist on:

Democracy and universal suffrage
Monitor the government with rigor
Safeguard the free flow of information
Create more jobs of high caliber

Together, we can break through the 4 years of stalemate

Please cast your vote on me, Charles Mok!

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