HONG KONG – The Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) strongly disapproved and firmly opposed the latest annual report issued by the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), which it said was another gross interference in China's internal affairs.

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In a statement issued on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the office said that the report is full of bias and lies. It heaps abuses on China's just and legitimate measures to safeguard national security, but ignores that the US has long had a rigorous system of national security laws and even abused the concept of national security now and then.

It attacks the regulations in the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the HKSAR embodying the principle of protective jurisdiction, an international norm, but mentions nothing about the extraterritoriality of American domestic laws and the US's exercise of long-arm jurisdiction over other countries.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Commissioner's Office said that the report by the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission is full of bias and lies

It vilifies the HKSAR's decision to postpone LegCo election for the sake of public health, but turns a blind eye to the delay or cancellation of elections in over a dozen American states because of COVID-19.

It criticizes China's requirement of LegCo members of the HKSAR to fulfill their constitutional obligation to uphold the Basic Law and swear allegiance to the HKSAR, but neglects the US's requirement of members of the Congress to swear to support the Constitution. “Such blatant application of double standards is simply despicable,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said that the report distorts the fact by accusing China of undermining "one country, two systems". Since the return of Hong Kong, the central government of China has implemented "one country, two systems" in strict accordance with the Constitution of China and the Basic Law of the HKSAR. Hong Kong's international rankings for freedoms, judicial system and the rule of law have surged, and its people are enjoying extensive rights and freedoms unimaginable back in the colonial era.

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The anti-China forces in and out of Hong Kong have colluded to deny and challenge "one country" on the pretext of "two systems", the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson pointed out that the report lambasts the efforts by the central and HKSAR governments to address root problems and set things right, recommends extending political asylum to and removing visa barriers for anti-China troublemakers in Hong Kong, and resorts to the old tactic of sanctions. It is a flagrant interference with Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs, which “expose the true nature of US hegemony.”

The spokesperson emphasized that Hong Kong is part of China, and its affairs are China's internal affairs, which allow no external interference.

“The annual report has no credibility at all,” the spokesperson said.

“We advise some American politicians to act prudently and refrain from further interference so as to save themselves from more disgrace.”