Yang Jiechi made a solemn stand on issues related to Xinjiang and Hong Kong

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 11, June 11, 2021, when Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, had a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Brinken at an appointment, he stated that China is serious about issues involving Xinjiang and Hong Kong. position.

　　Yang Jiechi pointed out that recent signs have shown that some anti-China forces are attempting to set off one evil wave after another. They will not succeed in discrediting China through the so-called Xinjiang-related and Hong Kong-related issues.

Xinjiang-related and Hong Kong-related issues concern China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and involve China's core interests.

We urge the US to respect China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, not to interfere in China’s internal affairs under any pretext, and not to harm China’s core interests in any way.

　　Yang Jiechi emphasized that Xinjiang-related issues are not human rights or religious issues.

In response to the rising trend of terrorist incidents in Xinjiang, the Chinese government resolutely took measures to maintain public safety, as it should be.

The U.S. spread all kinds of lies about Xinjiang in an attempt to undermine the stability and unity of Xinjiang. This is completely reversing black and white and extremely absurd. China firmly opposes it.

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, and Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs.

Improving the election system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is aimed at maintaining the constitutional order of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as determined by the Chinese Constitution and the Hong Kong Basic Law, and ensuring that "Hong Kong people rule Hong Kong" with patriots as the mainstay.

It is a common practice in the world to set strict requirements on the patriotic stand and political qualifications of governors.

Those who advocate "Hong Kong independence" are not eligible to participate in Hong Kong governance and must be punished by the Hong Kong National Security Law.