Published: 2019/8/29 20:28:40, EDITORIAL Global Times (China)
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1163082.shtml
For some time now, the British government has been
making irresponsible remarks about Hong Kong, claiming that under the 1984
Sino-British Joint Declaration, Britain still holds responsibility for Hong
Kong. London has repeatedly accused China of violating the Sino-British Joint
Declaration and the promise of "one country, two systems." The US and
other Western countries have also lent their support to London. The recent G7
summit also quoted the Sino-British Joint Declaration and made groundless
statements.
What contradicts the Sino-British Joint Declaration is what the UK is doing today. To put it more bluntly, it is the UK, not China, which is really in breach of the 1984 document.
As is known to all, Hong Kong was under British colonization for a long period. Before it returned to China, the two countries signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration Which was meant to manage the transition of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule, not to allow Britain to maintain its influence on Hong Kong after its return to China.
In the joint declaration, China promised "one country, two systems" and a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong. These commitments were later fully enshrined in the Basic Law. A special committee
including many Hongkongers was
set up to draft the Basic Law. During the drafting process, views from all
sectors of Hong Kong were widely heard.What contradicts the Sino-British Joint Declaration is what the UK is doing today. To put it more bluntly, it is the UK, not China, which is really in breach of the 1984 document.
As is known to all, Hong Kong was under British colonization for a long period. Before it returned to China, the two countries signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration Which was meant to manage the transition of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule, not to allow Britain to maintain its influence on Hong Kong after its return to China.
In the joint declaration, China promised "one country, two systems" and a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong. These commitments were later fully enshrined in the Basic Law. A special committee
The legitimacy of Hong Kong's governance today comes from the Basic Law, and the Sino-British Joint Declaration has no role in that. The big logic behind the rule of law in Hong Kong today is to implement the Basic Law. The right to interpret the Basic Law is the exclusive prerogative of the standing committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. Britain has no right to say anything about it.
Yet Britain has recently been vocal about Hong Kong's affairs. It has seriously violated the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on at least two levels. First, it is in serious breach of the original meaning of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and attempts to bring back from history the treaty that has completed the mission of guiding Hong Kong's return to China.
Second, China and the UK had arranged the transition of Hong Kong's return to China through negotiations, with the common purpose of ensuring Hong Kong's prosperity and stability. The so-called "democratic movement" in Hong Kong later, whose radical demands went far beyond the agreement that Britain and China signed as a Joint Declaration on Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy. Hong Kong's last British governor Chris Patten, played an ignominious role, and London indulged him. London continued to support a series of radical moves by the opposition in Hong Kong.
Britain has turned its back on the Sino-British Joint Declaration and made itself a disturbing force for the continued prosperity and stability of Hong Kong after its return to China. However, it is accusing China of undermining the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Today, Hong Kong is much more democratic than the Hong Kong under British rule. Today, the people of Hong Kong are really administering Hong Kong. Every chief executive is a Hong Kong citizen being elected to the position, while all British governors in the colonial era were Britons appointed by London.
How can London have the nerve to teach Beijing how to give Hong Kong citizens more democracy and freedom?
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31.08.2019
11h25, Diário
do Povo Online (China)
http://portuguese.people.com.cn/n3/2019/0831/c309814-9611058.html
Nos
últimos dois meses, atos violentos de manifestantes radicais em Hong Kong
aumentaram, causando cada vez mais danos sociais. A polícia de Hong Kong
afirmou que quase 900 pessoas foram presas até agora e pretendem fazer cumprir
a lei rigorosamente para levar os criminosos à justiça. O Comitê Central do
Partido Comunista da China (PCCh) apoia firmemente o governo da Região
Administrativa Especial (RAE) de Hong Kong e a força policial na luta contra a
violência de acordo com a lei, salvaguardando resolutamente a soberania
nacional, a segurança, os interesses de desenvolvimento e a prosperidade e
estabilidade de Hong Kong, e nunca permitirá o rapto violento do futuro de Hong
Kong.
É
inegável que a sociedade de Hong Kong tem várias exigências, mas o maior anseio
da população é alcançar a estabilidade e a paz. Algumas pessoas afirmam que
"esta tempestade violenta alcançou proporções maiores do que o surto de
epidemia SARS em Hong Kong (no ano de 2003)", porque uma vez que a
reputação da cidade foi danificada, será muito difícil de recuperá-la; algumas
pessoas ponderam que se a violência e o caos continuarem, resultará na
decadência de todos os aspectos da vida em Hong Kong e no desemprego.
Qualquer
forma de amenizar a violência é uma indulgência da violência. Algumas
contradições profundas em Hong Kong precisam ser resolvidas por todos os setores
da comunidade, mas a violência nunca será uma "opção razoável". Se as
pessoas com diferentes opiniões políticas e apelos justificam o uso da
violência para obter "justiça", então a sociedade de Hong Kong nunca
será pacífica? Qualquer compromisso baseado na violência só encorajará mais
violência. Decididamente dizer "não" à violência é a linha de fundo
de uma sociedade governada pela lei e o consenso de uma sociedade civilizada.
Hoje em
dia, as tentativas de violência radicais e oposição são bem conhecidas.
Descobriu-se que a sua "regra anti-revisão" original era apenas uma
desculpa. Quando o governo da RAE parou de alterar seus regulamentos, eles
gritaram palavras de ordem extremas como "Recuperação de Hong Kong,
Revolução dos Tempos” e desafiou seriamente a soberania nacional. O objetivo do
aumento da violência é paralisar o governo da RAE e a força policial, mergulhar
Hong Kong na anarquia e competir com as autoridades centrais para a governança
de Hong Kong.
Tendo
visto isto claramente, será que podemos afastar-nos desta ameaça política
irracional, radical e infundada? Poderá haver algum compromisso junto a este
ato ilegal, que desafie seriamente o princípio "um país, dois
sistemas"? A resposta é absolutamente negativa. Se alguém se julgar
esperto a ponto de pensar que o agravamento da violência obrigará o governo
central a abdicar do princípio, está imensamente enganado. Se houver agitação
para além do controle do governo da RAE de Hong Kong, o Comitê Central do PCCh
jamais ficará de braços cruzados. De acordo com as disposições da lei
fundamental, o Comitê Central dispõe de medidas e de forças poderosas
suficientes para reprimir rapidamente todas as perturbações possíveis.
O futuro
de Hong Kong reside na prevenção de motins. Prestamos homenagem à força
policial de Hong Kong e às forças patrióticas que defendem o Estado de Direito.
Vocês estão defendendo o alicerce da prosperidade e estabilidade de Hong Kong,
protegendo a posição de Hong Kong como um centro financeiro, comercial e
marítimo internacional, e salvaguardando os interesses comuns da sociedade de
Hong Kong e dos investidores estrangeiros. Devemos alertar todas as forças
"caóticas anti-China" que não julguem errôneamente a situação, nem
tratem a contenção como fraqueza, ou subestimem a vontade e determinação do
governo central e do povo de todo o país para salvaguardar a soberania
nacional, a segurança e a unidade e manter a prosperidade e a estabilidade de
Hong Kong.
(Web
editor: Renato Lu, editor)
BRICS, China/HK govt, MTR, Airport authorities condemn continuous violent protests
Published: 2019/9/1 21:03:41, Global Times (China)
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1163350.shtml
By Fan Lingzhi, Chen Qingqing and Wang Wenwen in Hong
Kong
Source:Global Times
HK police arrest 63 protesters at two MTR stations, strongly condemn criminal actions
(An air crew staff member passes through a barrier set up by radical protesters at Hong Kong International Airport on Sunday. Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters attempted to block transport routes to the city's airport as the financial hub began cleaning up after another night of serious violence marked by fires, smoke and garbage. Photo: AFP)
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, the MTR Corporation and the Hong Kong airport authority have condemned the continuous vandalism at MTR stations and airport, saying that these acts have endangered the safety of local residents and challenged the bottom line of "one country, two systems" principle.
The HKSAR government spokesperson condemned rioters and their illegal actions, saying that the rioters showed complete disregard for the needs of tourists and the public, and even resorted to violent threats and malicious retaliation against people with different opinions.
The spokesperson said that some radical protesters beat up residents and took down and burned the Chinese national flag, challenging the authority of the country and the bottom line of "one country, two systems" principle.
MTR also strongly condemned the continuous vandalism at MTR stations in a statement, saying these acts have endangered the safety of staff and passengers, as well as station and train operations. The MTR Corporation has reported the cases to the police.
Hong Kong airport authority condemned the radical protesters for blocking entrances, disrupting passengers' travels and damaging airport facilities. The airport management office has repeatedly warned the protesters against the temporary injunction and has cooperated with the police in dispersing the protesters. The office said it will cooperate with the police in following up Sunday's incident.
Radical protesters in Hong Kong gathered again on Sunday despite a court injunction at the Hong Kong International Airport, seriously disturbing the public order and obstructing transport services.
A large number of rioters left the airport about 6 pm and went to the Tung Chung MTR station, where they broke a fire hydrant, causing water to gush into the station, according to a video clip Hong Kong Satellite Television released.
Police began trying to clear them out about 6:30 pm. The Global Times reporters saw black-clad rioters, now adopting "catch-and-run" strategies, appeared well-informed about when and where police would next arrive on the ground.
Information on police movements circulated on the Telegram app and prompted some to change out of their black shirts, helmets and goggles, thus making it difficult for the police to separate a protester from an ordinary passer-by.
And when the police enforced the law, the rioters shouted assaulting words like "gangster police" "fight against police brutality", playing a fake scenario about ordinary Hongkongers hate police for their excessive use of force.
Hong Kong police said at Sunday's press conference that they arrested 63 protesters, aged between 13 and 36, at Mong Kok and Prince Edward MTR stations on Saturday and confiscated explosives and weapons from some of those arrested for illegal assembly.
Acting Senior Superintendent Tsui Suk-yee of Kowloon West Regional told media that Hong Kong police strongly condemned criminal actions and may seek authorities to prosecute some of the arrested after receiving relevant legal advice.
Tsui said that 54 of the 63 protesters were male Chinese and nine were female Chinese. Two Molotov cocktails and two lighters were found in the personal belongings of a 13-year-old protester. Police have found Molotov cocktails, gas masks, laser guns, slingshots, steel balls, helmets and umbrellas, Tsui said
Protesters started assembling around bus stops at the airport terminal around 1 pm Sunday. At around 2 pm, protesters blocked roads with trolleys and other barriers, charged at water-filled barriers, pointed lasers and hurled objects at police and airport authority workers.
Global Times reporters spotted a serious traffic jam at the Tsing Ma bridge which links Hong Kong Island and the airport. They noticed that en route to the airport, some drivers intentionally slowed to disrupt public transport.
A taxi driver told the Global Times that such drivers were supporters of the violent protests and their moves were intentional.
The protesters launched an illegal campaign they called "testing transport system of Hong Kong airport."
Passengers and air crew members had to get out of their cars and walk to the airport as protesters brought traffic to a standstill.
Hong Kong police said a large number of protesters threw iron sticks, bricks and stones at the railway track near the airport station from 4 pm, and some people broke onto the track of the Airport Express line, seriously obstructing train services.
Car Park 1 of Hong Kong International Airport closed Sunday as radicals called on residents to clog travel routes to the airport and stage protests. Trains to the airport were suspended. Hong Kong police said the protesters were participating in an illegal assembly and since an injunction was still in force, the protesters are liable to be charged with contempt of court.
After days of disturbances and violence by unlawful assemblies at the airport, the Airport Authority Hong Kong obtained on August 14 an interim injunction from the court to restrain persons from unlawfully and willfully obstructing or interfering with the proper use of Hong Kong International Airport.
"What these people are doing have shown to the world what the so-called democracy and freedom are like! They have no thinking, and it is worse than taking drugs," the taxi driver said. The driver told the Global Times reporters his income had dropped 30 percent during the last two months of radical protests.
Reports came in about 5 pm Sunday that some protesters had set fire to a national flag in Tung Chung. A person who desecrates the Chinese national flag by publicly and willfully burning it commits an offense and is liable to a fine and imprisonment for three years, according to the city's National Flag and National Emblem Ordinance.
The incidents on Sunday came after radical protesters organized illegal rallies Saturday blocking traffic, throwing Molotov cocktails and bricks at police and damaging public property including the city government complex.
Hong Kong police said Sunday morning that they were confident and capable of taking illegal personnel into custody, urging peaceful and rational residents to draw a clear line against violence so as to return Hong Kong onto the right track.
The police arrested three people in a hotel room in Causeway Bay on Saturday, seizing equipment including helmets, body armor and gas masks. Eight people in Western District were also captured, with the police saying Sunday they had uncovered "a large number of fake press cards, paint, axes and electronic baseball launchers."
Cao Siqi, Liu Xuanzun and Wang Qi contributed to this story
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