Commentary
BEIJING – China on Monday announced sanctions against 11 US individuals with egregious records on Hong Kong affairs.
This is a necessary move opposing the US anti-China forces’ flagrant interference in China’s internal affairs over a long period of time. It is also a solemn move to safeguard China’s national sovereignty, security and development interests.
The anti-China forces in the United States have long been concocting rumors and fabricating accusations, blatantly meddling in Hong Kong affairs under the pretext of human rights, democracy and autonomy.
They supported and used anti-China “pawns” like Jimmy Lai Chee-ying to incite violence, undermine the rule of law and social order in Hong Kong and sabotage the city’s prosperity and stability.
The anti-China forces in the United States have groundlessly smeared the national security legislation for Hong Kong and introduced the so-called US sanctions targeting officials of the central government agencies responsible for Hong Kong affairs and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government. It exposed the hegemonic nature of these anti-China forces in the United States.
The majority of Hong Kong residents are fed up with the US bullying and shameless acts. HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that she and other officials targeted by the US “sanctions” have no fear.
The US lawmakers and heads of US non-governmental organizations targeted by China’s sanctions have egregious records on Hong Kong affairs. They have recklessly distorted and slandered the “One Country, Two Systems” principle and flagrantly interfered in Hong Kong affairs.
The sanctions against them show that China will never back down on major issues related to the country’s national sovereignty, security and development interests.
The US side should face reality, be rational, put China-US relations in perspective and handle the bilateral relationship correctly. Or it will surely face consequences if it refuses to correct its course and insists on taking more wrong steps.
The United States must abandon its fantasy of remodeling China to US needs, stop its meddling in China’s internal affairs, and stop its irrational cracking down on China’s legitimate rights and interests. – Xinhua
