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China summons US embassy official over Hong Kong bill
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IANS | 20 Nov, 2019
China on Wednesday summoned a US embassy representative to protest
against the US Senate's approval of a bill aimed at protecting human
rights in Hong Kong amid the ongoing unrest in the China-administered
financial hub.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned William
Klein, acting charge d'affaires of the US Embassy in China after the US
Senate on Tuesday passed Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of
2019, Xinhua reported.
"We strongly urge the US side to
immediately take effective measures to prevent this act from becoming
law, immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's other
internal affairs. Otherwise, China will have to take strong
countermeasures and the U.S. side must face all the consequences,"
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said.
"The US Senate's
move, which has blatantly interfered in Hong Kong affairs and China's
other internal affairs, is in serious violation of international law and
basic norms governing international relations, and China firmly opposes
it," he noted.
Hong Kong is part of China and Hong Kong affairs
are China's internal affairs, brooking no interference from any foreign
government or foreign forces, Ma said.
Ma stressed that the
Chinese government has unswerving determination to defend national
sovereignty, security and development interests, implement "one country,
two systems" policy and oppose any external force in interfering in
Hong Kong's affairs.
"China hereby warns the United States that
any attempt to destroy Hong Kong's prosperity and stability or obstruct
China's development is doomed to fail and will only end up hurting
itself," he said.
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