Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, May 20 Question: "Hong Kong Independence" tumors on the body of the country and the nation must be removed

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter

　　Hong Kong has been Chinese territory since ancient times. On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong, which was occupied by British colonists for more than 100 years, finally returned to its motherland. The first article of the Hong Kong Basic Law clearly states that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inseparable part of the People ’s Republic of China.

　　However, since June last year, a storm of amendments that lasted for several months invaded Hong Kong. People are sad to see that all kinds of rhetoric of "Hong Kong Independence" discourses, using extreme ideas to confuse Hong Kong youths who are not deeply involved in the world, a small number of radical violent people smear and damage the national flag and national emblem, attack the central institutions in Hong Kong, and conduct various "black violence" acts. Seriously impacting the rule of law in Hong Kong, disrupting social order, and endangering people's personal safety, gradually evolved into "native terrorism".

　　Undoubtedly, "Hong Kong independence" seriously violates the national constitution, the Hong Kong Basic Law and the relevant laws of Hong Kong, challenges the bottom line of the "one country, two systems" principle, jeopardizes national sovereignty, security, development interests, harms the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and the fundamental interests of people from all walks of life Has become the most serious threat facing Hong Kong. We must take a zero-tolerance attitude to this cancer on the body of the country and the nation, and be determined to eradicate it completely, and we will never recuperate the disease.

　　After the Second World War, the specter of separatism remained looming in Hong Kong. After the reunification, the "Hong Kong Independence" virus is still lurking in Hong Kong society, and it will come out to be a monster when there is a storm. From alternative interpretations such as "City-State Theory" and "Hong Kong Ethnology" to the fallacies of "national self-determination" and "recovering Hong Kong", the poison of "Hong Kong Independence" continued to spread and became increasingly public, until it broke out in the storm of revision.

　　The words and deeds of "Hong Kong independence" are extremely harmful to the feelings of the country and the nation, and they must not be ignored. After the Opium War, China was reduced to a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society. The Chinese suffered from the humiliation of humiliating the country and the pain of ruining the country. The tragic national memory did not end until the founding of New China. The return to the motherland in 1997 made Hong Kong people regain the dignity and glory of being Chinese. However, in the 21st century, a handful of extremists in Hong Kong have reopened their historical scars and pursued the so-called "Hong Kong independence" as an attempt to undermine national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity. They waved the "Hong Kong independence" flag, sold the "Hong Kong independence" fallacy, established the "Hong Kong independence" organization, and also issued "Hong Kong independence" and extremely humiliating Chinese speeches during the oath of the Legislative Council members ... This is not only against the resistance to British colonization The betrayal of the Hong Kong ancestors who ruled and the Japanese aggression was a provocation to all Chinese including Hong Kong people.

　　For a long time, Hong Kong and the country have lived together. After the reunification, the central government fully supported Hong Kong in coping with various difficulties and challenges, and also gave full play to Hong Kong ’s role in planning and advancing the country ’s overall development strategy. In the blueprint for reform and opening up in the new era, the implementation of the plans to jointly build the “Belt and Road” and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has provided Hong Kong with a broader space for development. Hong Kong is facing unprecedented new development opportunities. It can be concluded that regardless of past, present or future, Hong Kong has always been inseparable from the country and developed together. "Hong Kong independence" runs counter to the historical trend, cooperates with external anti-China forces, and attempts to split the country to stop the pace of China's progress. This poison will not be eliminated in one day, and Hong Kong will be restless in one day.

　　As early as the issue of Hong Kong was raised, Comrade Deng Xiaoping pointed out: "Realization of national reunification is the desire of the nation. It will not be reunified in one hundred years, but it will also be unified in one thousand years." Whoever dares to split Hong Kong out of the will of the country will surely bear the infamy of the nation ’s sinners. For the vast majority of Hong Kong people, "Hong Kong independence" has never been an option. Almost all the poll data show that the vast majority of Hong Kong people are opposed to "Hong Kong independence" because they clearly know that for Hong Kong, "Hong Kong independence" is a self-defeating way out.

　　The Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Party made it clear that resolutely prevent and contain external forces from interfering in Hong Kong and Macao affairs and carrying out activities of division, subversion, infiltration and sabotage to ensure the long-term stability of Hong Kong and Macao. The turmoil and turmoil in the past year have also made it clear that Hong Kong ’s anti-China chaos and external forces should cooperate internally and externally, attempting to paralyze the operation of the SAR government by inciting bottom-line “political speculation”, “economic speculation” and “social speculation”. Challenge the central authority. An important reason why they dare to be so brazen is that Hong Kong has not yet completed Article 23 of the Basic Law. Therefore, Hong Kong urgently needs to improve the legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in order to completely curb "Hong Kong independence". This is not only Hong Kong's constitutional responsibility to the country, but also an urgent need to safeguard its own interests.

　　Maintaining national security is the core of "one country, two systems". In the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, Hong Kong ’s role is indispensable, and our compatriots in Hong Kong will certainly share the responsibility of rejuvenation and the great glory together with the people of the whole country. Looking to the future, if Hong Kong is to maintain long-term prosperity and stability, it must work with the country to eradicate the stubborn diseases of "Hong Kong independence" with courageous courage and courage, in order to develop a clearer and more prosperous road.