US flexes military muscle in South China Sea with nuclear
美国务院：中国曝光美外交官信息是“流氓政权”行为
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美国国务院发言人星期四(8月8日)在例行记者会上回答美国之音常驻国务院记者提问时说，中国曝光与香港民主活动人士见面的美国外交官的照片和个人信息是“流氓政权”(thuggish regime)的做法。
奥特加斯(Morgan Ortagus)说：“我认为，泄露美国外交官的私人信息、她的照片、孩子的名字，不是什么严正交涉，而是一个流氓政权会做的事。这不是一个负责任的国家的行为。”
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US calls China a 'thuggish regime' for 'harassing' Hong Kong-based American diplomat
By James Griffiths, CNN
Hong Kong (CNN) — The US State Department hit out at China Thursday, accusing Beijing of behaving like a "thuggish regime" after the personal information of an American diplomat in Hong Kong, including the names of her children, was published by a pro-government newspaper.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said earlier that it had summoned "an officer at the US Consulate General in Hong Kong" after they held a meeting with local opposition figures it described as "Hong Kong independence" activists.How 'thuggish' China is endangering U.S. diplomats in Hong Kong
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
China’s foreign ministry on Friday blasted State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus. The day before, Ms. Ortagus called China a “thuggish regime.”
The State Department’s harsh words were in response to Chinese targeting of an American diplomat stationed in Hong Kong and her family. Relations between Beijing and Washington have markedly deteriorated in recent weeks over various issues, especially the escalating protests in that territory, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China.
“I don’t think that leaking an American diplomat’s private information, pictures, names of their children — I don’t think that’s a formal protest — that is what a thuggish regime would do,” Ms. Ortagus said at a press briefing Thursday. “That’s not how a responsible nation would behave.”
US flexes military muscle in South China Sea with nuclear aircraft ...
South China Morning Post - Aug 8, 2019
