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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