Politics
Written by: Liu Jinhua
2019-11-30 16:00
Last updated: 2019-11-30 16:00The Xinhua News Agency interviewed Chen Shaobo, the director of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, on the official passage of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy in the United States and published it yesterday (29th). Chen Shaobo criticized, "As the Sino-US game intensifies, the United States is increasing its strength and turning Hong Kong into a battlefield for the Sino-U.S. Game", while the Bill of Rights is that the United States will extend its national strength and exercise "long-arm jurisdiction" over Hong Kong. Violates China's sovereignty.
In mid-October, there was a rally in Hong Kong for the United States to pass the Hong Kong Bill of Rights as soon as possible. The bill finally became US law on the 27th of this month. (Getty Images)
Crack down on politicians and maintain original economic and trade relations
Chen Shaobo added that the Bill of Rights is different from the US-Hong Kong Policy Law which attaches more importance to the principles of economic prosperity and development. The passage of the bill means that the United States has adjusted its strategic positioning in Hong Kong and is "overwhelmed by political interests in the name of so-called democracy and human rights." Economic benefits. " And Hong Kong is the single economy with the highest trade surplus in the United States. The unilateral change of the United States' economic and trade policies to Hong Kong will impact the interests of American companies and citizens. It is "in order to achieve its own political goals and ignore the interests of the business community and harm others. Act of". However, he believes that the bill is to crack down on those who the United States believes will affect the political interests of the United States in Hong Kong, but still want to maintain the original economic and trade exchanges.
Chen Shaobo also pointed out that while the United States punishes individuals and entities that undermine Hong Kong's democracy and human rights, it also provides related convenience to arrested demonstrators. This reward and punishment system has provided Hong Kong demonstrators with no worries and created a stumbling block for the SAR government and those who maintain the rule of law. ".
He also said that the bill has tightened the United States' high-tech export control policy on Hong Kong, and is aimed at positioning Hong Kong in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to suppress Hong Kong's space for creating strategic value in the Mainland. Chen Shaobo reiterated that the United States used the storm of revisions to find political breakthroughs and plunge Hong Kong into political disputes. "It is to mess up Hong Kong." Hong Kong affairs must be used to poke the Chinese government and curb China's development.
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