Stalling further trade talks china has now hit back at the u. S. By suspending visits of u. S. Military vessels and aircraft to the city and sanctioning various u. S. Based n. G. O. S this is a calculated way to retaliate without affecting ongoing training goshi asians among the groups to be subject to unspecified sanctions are the National Endowment for democracy which receives funding directly from congress and Human Rights Watch which has long been plagued by accusation of its Revolving Doors and deep ties to u. S. Government these groups have been accused of fueling the riots in hong kong and supporting separatist activities and thereby undermining chinas National Sovereignty and security kristie i actually have a couple questions for you on this it seems like were getting a new Tipping Point in this trade war and that Tipping Point is hong kong and we talked about the importance of this legislation but is this really a position that both sides want to pin all of their trade hopes