The US State Department found the liberal studies program to be an opportunity to penetrate Hong Kong's education system and, through the NED, undermine the patriotism of Hong Kong's young people. "We cannot bear to see that with the infiltration of politics into school campuses, students are drawn into political turbulence or even misled to engage in illegal and violent acts, for which they have to take legal responsibilities that will have an impact on their lives," Lam said on Wednesday.
The US death toll rose to nearly 16,000 Thursday, with confirmed cases of the virus at 451,491, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 24,000 people have recovered nationwide.
The US unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent in May from 14.7 percent in April.
The US House of Representatives on Dec 2 passed a bipartisan bill that would delist Chinese companies from US stock exchanges if they did not comply with American financial auditing rules.
The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution extending the UN political mission in Afghanistan.
The US economy contracted at an annual rate of 32.9 percent in the second quarter of the year, the steepest decline since the government began keeping records in 1947, the Commerce Department reported last week.
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The US-China trade conflict is putting economic integration and cooperation at risk not only between the two countries but in the wider Asia-Pacific region, an expert said at a university forum.
The United States has deployed some 6,000 to 7,000 troops in Africa, most of which have been concentrated in the sub-Saharan region and in the Horn of Africa, according to media reports.
The US economy added an average of 243,000 jobs a month December through February. In 2019, monthly job growth averaged 178,000.
The United States' capricious way of policymaking and holding "big sticks" for negotiations will do no good in solving problems and China has to take strong countermeasures, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.