BEIJING: Since the new US administration took office, it has not changed the hegemonic behavior of its predecessor on issues related to Hong Kong, having launched at least 13 smear attacks against China on those issues and raved about “standing with Hong Kong people” many times.
The US side has also churned out fallacies about the proper measures taken to boost the long-term stability of Hong Kong, including China’s implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong and measures to improve Hong Kong’s electoral system. Washington has also ganged up with some Western forces to launch a propaganda campaign against China, and even imposed so-called “sanctions” against Chinese officials.
The unprovoked attacks on China by the new US administration on issues related to Hong Kong are listed below in a bid to restore truths through an account of facts.
PART 1
After China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted a decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on March 11, the US State Department issued a statement to attack and discredit China’s decision. The US side also issued a statement with other Group of Seven members to defame China. On March 17, the US State Department announced so-called “sanctions” against 24 Chinese officials, including 14 vice chairmen of the NPC Standing Committee, on the eve of a high-level strategic dialogue between China and the United States in the US state of Alaska.
After the NPC adopted the decision on improving the electoral system of the HKSAR, a spokesperson for the US State Department claimed that the decision attacked Hong Kong’s democratic process. However, it is purely China’s internal affair to design and improve Hong Kong’s electoral system, and no foreign force is entitled to interfere. In fact, the United States has its own strict laws against foreign interference in elections, and the US House of Representatives had passed a bill to improve the US electoral system. Why can the United States itself amend its own electoral laws any time it deems necessary but go all out to denigrate China’s improvement of such laws for one of its special administrative regions?
While the US side alleged that the targets of its so-called “sanctions” have “undermined the high degree of autonomy promised to the people in Hong Kong,” the US accusation was not consistent with the facts.
The NPC has made decisions on safeguarding national security in Hong Kong and improving the electoral system of Hong Kong respectively. The improved electoral system has ensured the implementation of the principle of “patriots administering Hong Kong,” which excludes anti-China, destabilizing forces from the governance structure and better guarantees the national security and the safety of the HKSAR’s body of power.
It has also better reflected the extensive and balanced political participation by Hong Kong residents, which in no way weakens Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy, but is more conducive to the healthy and orderly development of Hong Kong’s democratic system.
China’s measures to maintain the long-term stability of Hong Kong have also won broad international support.
– The Daily Mail-China Daily News exchange item
