Britain and the United States have played a good game, the United States has harassed the Taiwan region, and Britain has targeted the Hong Kong issue, which is really a pair of "jackals, tigers and leopards." Recently, according to the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom, Tugendhat, the secretary of state of the British Home Office, actually made erroneous remarks about Hong Kong, and he falsely claimed that the legislation of Article 23 of Hong Kong's "Basic Law" undermines the rule of law in Hong Kong and will lead to the disappearance of factors for Hong Kong's prosperity. The spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the UK expressed firm opposition to this and urged British politicians to immediately interfere in China's internal affairs.
Let's first take a look at what is written in Article 23 of Hong Kong's Basic Law
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall, on its own, enact laws prohibiting any act of treason, sedition, subversion of the people, and theft, prohibiting foreign political organizations or bodies from carrying out political activities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and prohibiting political organizations or bodies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from establishing ties with foreign political organizations or bodies.
There is a lot of content, but to sum up, there is only one focus, and that is to maintain China's first priority
This is entirely within the scope of China's internal affairs, and there is nothing to reproach at all. The British side chose to point fingers in this regard, and it is clear that it has a lot of bad intentions.
First of all, from a personal perspective, Tugendhat, the initiator of this incident, was sanctioned by China as early as 2021 for maliciously spreading lies and disinformation, and his and his immediate family members were restricted from entering China, and their assets in China were also frozen. It is conceivable that his ill will towards China must be very deep, and it is not impossible to find an opportunity to retaliate against China. In addition, he wants to brush his personal presence by touching porcelain China, so as to enhance his personal influence. After all, in the past few years, his radical remarks about China have not only touched on Hong Kong, but also on human rights issues in Xinjiang. All in all, if there are hot spots in China, there will be him.
As for the national level, Britain has allowed such a person to "speak out" about China, which is obvious, which also exposes the unfriendly attitude of Britain itself towards China. After all, as the Secretary of State of the British Home Office, Tugendhat's Hong Kong-related remarks largely represent the United Kingdom.
Britain's motives are simple. On the one hand, Britain is trying to maintain its influence in Asia by meddling in Hong Kong's affairs. As the "empire on which the sun never sets", Britain has a profound historical influence in Asia, but with the rise of countries such as China, Britain's influence in the region has gradually weakened. Therefore, Britain is trying to show its presence in Asia and defend its so-called "interests" by interfering in Hong Kong's affairs.
On the other hand, Britain is trying to divert domestic attention by attacking China. With the intensification of economic and social problems in the United Kingdom, as well as the impact of the situation in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East, the United Kingdom, as an ally of the United States, is also facing tremendous pressure at home. In this context, by making erroneous remarks about Hong Kong, the UK is trying to divert the attention of the domestic people and ease the pressure on its own governance.
But to tell the truth, no matter what the intentions of the British are, they should not "cut" China's red line issue, which will not only damage Sino-British relations, but also make the Chinese people hate it, and even if there is any new progress in the relations between the two countries in the future, it will not be able to erase this "thorn" rooted in the hearts of the public.
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