Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has allegedly cancelled his meeting with US Senator Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz is the highest political figure to visit the United States since the outbreak of anti-government protests four months ago.
Cruz told reporters in Hong Kong that Ms Lam’s office had requested that the afternoon meeting be completely confidential, and Mr. Cruz should not talk to the media about the matter.
Mr Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas and a vocal critic of China, said that Lam seems to have misunderstood how freedom of speech works and how freedom of the press works. He said that canceling the meeting is not a sign of toughness, but a sign of weakness.