California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) refused to meet with Hong Konger and Chinese dissidents before and after his October trip to China, where he was criticized for failing to confront Chinese Communist Party officials over human rights abuses, a Hong Kong activist told a congressional panel on Wednesday.
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Anna Kwok, the executive director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council whose CCP-aligned government this year placed a million-dollar bounty on her head, said she sought meetings before and after the governor traveled to China and was declined.
When pressed by California representative Ro Khanna (D.) on why Newsom did not meet with her, Kwok said she was told that the governor was “too busy for us.”
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