Xinhua International Review: Hong Kong does not need the "American campaign"

　　Xinhua International Review: Hong Kong does not need the "American campaign"

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 9th

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Liming

　　The election of the sixth chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was successfully held, and the Li family was elected with a high vote.

However, some forces in the United States and the West can't sit still, and they move out the "routines" that smear and slander, which is outrageous.

　　What the US and the West repeat is nothing more than clichés such as "democracy," "freedom," and "political pluralism." The core is to criticize Hong Kong's electoral system and ask Hong Kong to copy the Western system.

The question is, are elections in the West really advanced?

　　More than 150 years ago, the famous American writer Mark Twain wrote his well-known classic novel "Running for Governor", which vividly described the chaos of the American election at that time - all kinds of "House of Cards" style bridges are dazzling, and all kinds of down Three indiscriminate ways of campaigning have emerged one after another, and can even turn candidates into "perjurers, thieves, corpses, drunken lunatics, fraudsters, and blackmail experts..." Compared with more than 150 years ago, the media has evolved and the way The method has become "advanced", but election chaos in the United States is still frequent, and partisanship and political polarization are intensifying. Even the United States' own media has revealed it from time to time.

In essence, elections in the United States are downright money politics, a game in which the rich and powerful take turns to share the spoils and play the "revolving door" of power and money, and it has nothing to do with ordinary people.

Have we seen all kinds of electoral farce over the years?

　　Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong. There is no need to engage in the "house of cards" favored by American and Western politicians in the election of Hong Kong, and to abandon the chaos of American-style "running for governor".

Some time ago, due to loopholes in the electoral system, some radical separatist forces such as anti-China chaotic elements and "Hong Kong independence" were able to "drill" into the SAR's governance structure, wantonly kidnapping the overall interests of Hong Kong society, and seriously harming the well-being of the general public. It seriously endangers the democratic development of Hong Kong and endangers national security.

To this end, the central government has taken decisive steps to improve the electoral system of the SAR, resolutely implement the central government's overall governance over Hong Kong, implement the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong", and ensure that the governance of Hong Kong is firmly in the hands of those who love the country and Hong Kong.

　　Practice is the best "touchstone" for testing the system.

From last year's Election Committee election and the seventh Legislative Council election to the current Chief Executive election, the successful holding of the election fully demonstrates the advanced nature and superiority of the new electoral system in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. , a good system in line with the actual situation in Hong Kong.

Judging from the social and economic development of Hong Kong over the past year, the new electoral system has remarkable progress and strong vitality, and can ensure social stability, economic development and improvement of people's livelihood in Hong Kong.

The election of the Chief Executive was conducted in accordance with laws and regulations, was fair, just, standardized and orderly, with extensive and in-depth social participation, fully demonstrating democracy.

The election of the Lee family with a high number of votes fully reflects the high recognition and affirmation of the Hong Kong society.

　　However, when Hong Kong's new electoral system took root and the development of democracy was optimized and improved, the US and the West jumped out impatiently, pointing, attacking and slandering the process and results of the election, which fully exposed their misunderstandings in the name of each other. This kind of guise interferes in China's internal affairs and undermines Hong Kong's prosperity and stability.

Some countries in the U.S. and the West are chaotic in their democracy. Who is qualified to make irresponsible remarks about Hong Kong?

I advise you to put away those "routines" and "tricks" as soon as possible.

　　Hong Kong elections do not require a Western-style political "house of cards" nor an American-style "running for governor".

What kind of democratic path Hong Kong takes and what electoral system it implements are purely China's internal affairs, and no external forces have the right to interfere.

Any attempt to slander and slander Hong Kong's new electoral system and election results, or interfere with Hong Kong's democratic development, is arrogant and condescending.

Any attempt to undermine Hong Kong's prosperity and stability and contain China's development will eventually fail.