Zhao Lijian responded to US sanctions on Hong Kong’s national security legislation: “China is not intimidating”
China News Service, Beijing, June 30 (Reporter Zhang Weiran) In response to US sanctions on Hong Kong's national security legislation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on June 30 that China is not intimidating. In response to the wrong actions of the US, China will take necessary countermeasures and firmly safeguard its own national interests.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian
A reporter asked a question. According to reports, on June 29, US Secretary of State Pompeo said in a statement on the State Department website that as China advances national security legislation in Hong Kong, the United States will end the export of US-made defense equipment to China on the same day. National defense and military-civilian technology exported to Hong Kong impose the same restrictions as those in mainland China. On the same day, the US Department of Commerce also issued a statement on this. What is China's comment?
Zhao Lijian said that regarding Hong Kong’s national security legislation, China has stated its solemn position on many occasions. This issue is purely China's internal affairs and no foreign country has the right to interfere. The Chinese government's determination to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests is unswerving, its determination to implement the "one country, two systems" policy, and its determination to oppose any external forces' interference in Hong Kong's affairs is unswerving.
Zhao Lijian emphasized that China is not intimidating. The United States’ attempt to obstruct China’s advancement of Hong Kong’s national security legislation through so-called sanctions will never succeed. In response to the wrong actions of the US, China will take necessary countermeasures and firmly safeguard its own national interests. (Finish)