Liu Guangyuan

Opinion | China won’t be intimidated by US interference in Hong Kong affairs

The long list of US actions intended to stop Beijing and the Hong Kong government from stabilising the city in the wake of mass protests cannot be for the benefit of the city, as US officials claim

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Liu Guangyuan

Published: 2:15pm, 28 Sep 2021Updated: 2:41pm, 28 Sep 2021

On September 24, the Chinese foreign ministry published a long list of US actions that sought to interfere in Hong Kong affairs. This fact sheet provides irrefutable proof of how Washington has played the Hong Kong card to try and contain China since the 2019 turbulence.

In a speech to mark the centenary of the Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping declared that “Chinese people will never allow any foreign forces to bully, oppress, or subjugate us. Anyone who would attempt to do so will find themselves on a collision course with a great wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people.”

In a similar vein, the ministry’s list sends a clear signal to the United States that it would be a miscalculation on its part to try and exploit Hong Kong-related issues to derail “one country, two systems”.

Chinese people will never give in to coercion or intimidation, and China will brook no challenge to its sovereignty, security and right to development. Neither will it tolerate any damage to Hong Kong’s unity, harmony and stability.

Since the 2019 chaos in Hong Kong, the US has made irresponsible remarks about Hong Kong affairs and discredited the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government. Washington has tried to thwart the implementation of the national security law and other relevant decisions of China’s National People’s Congress.

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