China News Agency, Hong Kong, August 6th. In response to the statement issued by the Hong Kong Foreign Press Conference on August 6, the spokesperson of the Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong) said on the 6th that for some time, the US side Out of the Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice, the political suppression on the Chinese media has been escalated. The relevant actions of the United States have seriously interfered with the normal reporting activities of the Chinese media in the United States, severely damaged the reputation of the Chinese media, and seriously interfered with normal cultural exchanges between the two countries. On the one hand, the United States advertises freedom of the press, on the other hand, it interferes and obstructs the normal interviews of Chinese media in the United States. This exposes the hypocrisy of the so-called "freedom of the press" of the United States, which is a naked "double standard" and hegemonic bullying. If the US insists on going its own way, adding mistakes to mistakes, China will be forced to make necessary and legitimate responses and firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. The cause and responsibility for the resulting situation lies with the United States. I hope that foreign journalists in Hong Kong will distinguish cause and effect and distinguish right from wrong.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a part of China. China's countermeasures against the US's suppression of Chinese media agencies in the United States are the diplomatic power of the central government.
The Hong Kong National Security Law clearly stipulates that the freedom of speech, press and press of Hong Kong SAR residents shall be protected in accordance with the law. The SAR government has repeatedly reiterated that the Hong Kong National Security Law will not harm the system on which Hong Kong's success as an international city depends, including freedom of expression of opinions, freedom of the press, and free flow of information. At the same time, any freedom should be exercised within the legal framework, and the news media is not outside the law in any country. We firmly oppose any external forces interfering in China's internal affairs and Hong Kong affairs in the name of press freedom. (Finish)