BRICS, China/Washington has no right to define HK’s high degree of autonomy

2019/9/9 11:08:39, EDITORIAL Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1164013.shtml

With US Senate and House leaders from both parties pledging to advance the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, some radical activists demonstrated again on Sunday, calling on US Congress to pass the bill as soon as possible.

A small number of Hong Kong's most extreme demonstrators have gone into a fit of hysteria, announcing that should their demands not be met, they would rather destroy everything.

The main tenets of the bill include sanctions against officials who undermine Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and a request for an annual justification for the special treatment afforded by Washington to Hong Kong.

The aim is to place pressure on Beijing and the HKSAR government. It is believed the city will face uncertainty once the law is passed, weakening conditions that support its status as

BRICS, China, Hong Kong/London violates commitment of Sino-British Joint Declaration

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

BRICS, China/Pence’s remarks on HK reveal ‘Cold War mentality’ and ‘hegemony’

2019/8/20 17:43:40, Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1162059.shtml   

The Office of the Commissioner of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to some US politicians' arbitrary interference in Hong Kong affairs and attempt to use resolution of China-US trade negotiations as a threat.

"Some politicians on the US side are stubbornly obsessed with a Cold War mentality, hegemony and zero-sum way of thinking, and they are confusing right and wrong, turning black into white," read the Office of the Commissioner statement which came in response to remarks made by US Vice President Mike Pence at