China suspends Hong Kong visits by U.S. military ships, aircraft, sanctions U.S. NGOs

BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has decided to suspend reviewing applications to visit Hong Kong by U.S. military ships and aircraft starting Monday, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said.

China will also take sanctions against some U.S. non-governmental organizations for their role in the disturbances in Hong Kong, Hua said at a press conference.