The spokesperson for the Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR strongly disapproved and firmly rejected the letter sent by a few US senators to the US government with the third anniversary of the so-called “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act” as an excuse, which defamed the National Security Law for the HKSAR and interfered in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs. We urge relevant US politicians to stop their political performance.
The spokesperson pointed out that in the 25 years since Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, the principles of “one country, two systems” and “Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy” have been upheld, Hong Kong’s legal and freedom index ranking has been higher than that of the US, and Hong Kong residents have enjoyed a wide range of lawful rights and freedoms, including freedom of the press and speech. The National Security Law for the HKSAR put an end to the black violence and rampant “Hong Kong independence” activities, and brought Hong Kong’s development back on the right track. Hong Kong has opened a new chapter in good governance and is in a critical period from chaos to stability and prosperity. Hong Kong people are optimistic about the bright future of the city, and international investors have cast their vote of confidence for Hong Kong’s development with actions.
The spokesperson said that the enactment of the so-called “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act” three years ago was a gross interference in China’s internal affairs with US domestic laws. Today, certain US politicians are trying to use such an absurd act to attack the national security law, and interfere in Hong Kong’s rule of law and judicial independence. They even side with anti-China forces in Hong Kong and call on the US government to pressure China and Hong Kong. By doing so, they are making themselves a laughing stock, and the Chinese people, Hong Kong compatriots included, will not sit idly by.
The spokesperson pointed out that countries around the world should uphold the global order underpinned by international law and basic norms of international relations centered on the UN Charter. However, some US politicians, in disregard of international law and the basic norms governing international relations, are obsessed with interfering in Hong Kong affairs with sanctions, impeding US businesses from investing in Hong Kong, and even clamoring for reducing the voting share of Hong Kong in multilateral mechanisms. This has fully exposed their intention of disrupting Hong Kong and using Hong Kong to contain China. Their wishful thinking will never come true.
The spokesperson pointed out that the US, a country with a poor track record of human rights and democracy both at home and abroad, is in no position to point a finger at internal affairs of other countries and regions. A few number of anti-China politicians in the US are in no position to bully others by abusing US domestic laws. The US must ditch its double standards and hypocrisy immediately!
The spokesperson stressed that Hong Kong is part of China and is governed by the rule of law, and Hong Kong affairs are purely China’s internal affairs. We urge relevant politicians in the US to recognize the situation, abide by the principles of international law and the basic norms governing international relations, stop interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs and China’s internal affairs, and refrain from going further down the wrong path!