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London should stop attempting to influence HK affairs

2017-07-02 08:01:17       source:Global Times

July 1, 2017


Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, the US Department of State, US lawmakers as well as some Western media outlets have made indiscreet remarks about Hong Kong's democracy in order to create some noise ahead of the celebrations of the anniversary. 

Johnson said Thursday that the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and a free media have all been central to Hong Kong's success.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang refuted these remarks on Friday, saying that Britain has no sovereignty over, no governance of, and no superintendence over Hong Kong since it returned to China in 1997. Lu's comments are plain truth.


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