CHINA-HONGKONG: PEOPLE'S DAILY PUBLISHES 7-PART SERIES OF COMMENTATOR ARTICLES ON HONGKONG
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The People’s Daily published a seven-part series of commentator articles condemning the United States for signing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (HKHRDA) into law on November 27. The first article (November 29) accused the US of “nakedly hegemonic conduct” as the HKHRDA “seriously interferes in Hong Kong’s affairs, seriously meddles in China’s internal affairs, and seriously violates international law and the basic norms of international relations.”; the second (November 30) described the HKHRDA as “a law full of prejudice and arrogance, intimidation and threats” that had “fully exposed the bandit features and hegemonic essence of the US.” It warned that “If the US is still infatuated with outdated Cold War thinking and despotic conduct and willfully uses raw power in Hong Kong-related matters, China will certainly impose firm countermeasures.”; the third article (December 1) detailed alleged instances of US of double standards and hypocrisy regarding human rights and democracy; the fourth article (December 2) asserted that “some US politicians” are using the HKHRDA to “mislead” the public with “prevarication and deliberate falsehoods” and “give a morale boost to forces who oppose China and bring chaos to Hong Kong.”; the fifth article (December 3) argued that the HKHRDA is part of a “sinister conspiracy to use Hong Kong as an anti-China tool.”; the sixth article (December 4) stressed that “Hong Kong is China’s Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s fate has always been closely linked with the motherland, and the central government and 1.4 billion Chinese people will always be the Hong Kong’s strong supporters in overcoming all risks and challenges”; and the seventh article (December 5) cited the HKHRDA as evidence that the US is “the biggest black hand (黑手) messing up Hong Kong.”
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