Author: Law Kwong
The United States has announced it will impose visa restrictions to punish Chinese officials who have eroded Hong Kong's freedoms. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office in Hong Kong said on 27 speaker 6 that the US side should immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs in any way, otherwise it will face a strong Chinese response.
On the official website of the Office of the Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), on the 27th, he said on behalf of the speaker that he firmly opposed the US announcement of visa restrictions on Chinese officials and urged the US side to immediately correct its mistakes and stop practices that interfere in Hong Kong and China's internal affairs.
The Office of the speaker in Hong Kong said that the United States stigmatized China government undermined the Hong Kong SAR's high degree of self-government ," completely lying in black and white, self-deception ", and said that the legislation of Hong Kong's national security is a major move to adhere to and improve the "one country, two systems" policy, and is the fundamental strategy to push Hong Kong out of chaos and achieve long-term stability.
speaker reiterated China's firm opposition to the "US side's intervention in Hong Kong under the guise of the Sino-British Joint Declaration" and stressed that with the transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty to China on 1 July 1997, foreign countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, had no sovereignty 、 and no power of supervision over Hong Kong, China.
speaker told the United States that "Hong Kong is a Hong Kong of China and that Hong Kong affairs are purely internal affairs of China ", and that the United States must immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs in any way, otherwise it will face a strong response from the Chinese side.
China's push for security laws in the port area has sparked US discontent. U. S. Secretary of State Pompeo (Mike Pompeo) announced on the 26th, against Hong Kong's autonomy, human rights and fundamental freedoms of former and current Chinese officials, the United States will impose visa restrictions, their families may also be subject to restrictions.
To express dissatisfaction with China's promotion of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law ," the U.S. Senate quickly passed the" Hong Kong Autonomy Law "(Hong Kong Autonomy Act) on 27th, to punish those who blocked China from fulfilling its obligations to Hong Kong in the "China-UK Joint Declaration" and "Basic Law "".
The speaker of the Chinese Embassy in the United States also said on its official website that Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong, and that Hong Kong's affairs are purely domestic and do not allow any outside interference. "We urge the United States to immediately correct its mistakes, rescind the relevant decisions and stop interfering in China's internal affairs. China will continue to take firm and effective measures to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty 、 security and development interests. "
