China News Service, June 10. According to the website of the Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, the British government issued the so-called "half-year report on the Hong Kong issue", disregarding the facts, conflating right and wrong, and nakedly interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the principles of international law and basic norms of international relations including "internal affairs".
The spokesperson said that the Chinese government is the founder, practitioner and defender of the "One Country, Two Systems" cause. No one cherishes "One Country, Two Systems" and Hong Kong's prosperity and stability more than we do.
Last year, the central government enacted and implemented the Hong Kong National Security Law, which brought Hong Kong society back to order and stability, and the citizens regained peace and freedom, which played a major role in "one law can be used to secure the river."
Since the beginning of this year, the central government has promoted the improvement of the SAR election system. The SAR has successfully completed local supporting legislation, effectively plugging loopholes in the Hong Kong legal system, maintaining political stability and regime security in the SAR, and opening a new chapter of good governance and good governance in Hong Kong.
Both are to implement the original aspirations of "One Country, Two Systems", and are a fundamental strategy to ensure the stability and long-term development of "One Country, Two Systems". They have received joint support from millions of Hong Kong citizens. Public opinion is unstoppable!
The spokesperson pointed out that the British side ignored the fact that the situation in Hong Kong is stabilizing and the people are safe and secure. Under the guise of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, the British side openly interfered in Hong Kong affairs, but pretended to be deaf about the "black history" of governing Hong Kong. Dumb.
During the British rule over Hong Kong for more than 150 years, may I ask which Hong Kong governor was elected independently by Hong Kong people?
How did Hong Kong people enjoy real rights and freedom?
When the British government ratified the "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights" in 1976, it clearly stated by way of reservation that the provisions of regular elections in the convention do not apply in Hong Kong. Now it is hypocritically concerned about Hong Kong's democratic politics!
The British defended the rule of law all the time, but ignored the rule of law that “where there is a law must be followed, violations of the law must be investigated”, to excuse the anti-China and Hong Kong activists who violate the law and commit crimes, and to exert pressure and intervene in judicial cases in the Special Administrative Region. How absurd!
The spokesperson pointed out that after the return of Hong Kong, the legal basis for the Chinese government to govern the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the Chinese Constitution and Hong Kong Basic Law, not the "Sino-British Joint Declaration."
The core essence of the "Sino-British Joint Declaration" is the Sino-British relationship on China's resumption of Hong Kong and related transitional arrangements. There are 8 main texts and 3 appendices. There is no single word or clause that gives the British the right to interfere in Hong Kong affairs.
The British side has no sovereignty, no governance rights, and no supervision over Hong Kong after the return to China. Using the "Sino-British Joint Declaration" to talk about its so-called responsibilities to Hong Kong is purely a mess of distorting history and jurisprudence!
The spokesman emphasized that Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong, and Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs. With the implementation of Hong Kong’s national security law and laws to improve the electoral system, as the country’s "14th Five-Year Plan" and the accelerated implementation of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area strategy, Hong Kong is bound to open a new situation of transition from chaos to governance, from governance to prosperity. Those external forces that do not see Hong Kong's good and China's good are doomed to fail! The British side is advised to see the historical trend clearly, abandon the old dream of colonization, change course immediately, and stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs.