BEIJING: Few would disagree that China's late patriarch Deng Xiaoping was a wise and visionary leader. It took courage to grant Hong Kong autonomy in a 'one country, two systems' framework that sets the city apart from other Chinese cities green with envy.
Pedestrians wearing protective masks take shelter under umbrellas while crossing a street in the Central district in Hong Kong. The island now is grappling with a controversial new security legislation that China plans to impose on the city, a move that has generated criticism from western democracies amid concerns from these countries over basic freedoms in the financial hub. - Bloomberg
"After 1997, if there are people in Hong Kong who scold the Communist Party of China, scold China, we will allow them to scold. But if it becomes action to turn Hong Kong into an anti-mainland bastion under the guise of 'democracy', what then? Non-intervention would not be feasible," Mr Deng told members of the committee drafting Hong Kong's Basic Law, or mini-constitution, in 1987.
Tung's accusation came on the heels of a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman calling for the US then to withdraw its"black hand" from Hong Kong.On Thursday , China's Parliament passed a resolution that paves the way for a national security law in Hong Kong, bypassing its Legislative Council. President Xi Jinping has been"very restrained, but is increasingly frustrated" with the chaos that ripped through Hong Kong for months, the source said.
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