BEIJING: China demanded the United States stop advancing a Hong Kong-related bill and its interference in Hong Kong affairs, after US lawmakers held a news conference to back the Bill.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan group of members of Congress held Thursday’s media event on the “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019”.China is strongly dissatisfied and opposed to the move, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said.
They were “brutally interfering in China’s internal affairs” by threatening to advance the Bill, contacting Hong Kong separatists and making irresponsible remarks over Hong Kong affairs, Geng added. “We urge the US to stop its interference in Hong Kong affairs, advancing the Bill, endorsing Hong Kong’s violent and radical forces as well as separatists and abetting words and deeds that harm the prosperity of the region, ” Geng said.
The office said in a statement that anyone without bias will acknowledge the people of Hong Kong enjoy unprecedented democracy, rights and freedom under the law.
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