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Signed article against foreign intervention in HK affairs

Xinhua News Agency released on Tuesday a signed article denouncing US Senator Sam Brownback for seeking to intervene in Hong Kong affairs.

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Xinhua News Agency released on Tuesday a signed article denouncing US Senator Sam Brownback for seeking to intervene in Hong Kong affairs.

Beginning with a harsh criticism of Sam Brownback, who, as the chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, invited Hong Kong legislator Martin Lee to testify before the US senate, the article, written by Tang Hua, consists of three parts, which respectively elaborate on the illegality of Brownback's intervention, the necessity of adhering to the Basic Law and the betrayal essence of Martin Lee's activities.

The article says that it is absurd for Sam Brownback to put it in his article, carried in the Asian Wall Street Journal, that the US Congress "provides for the treatment of Hong Kong as a distinct entity", noting that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is a local administrative region of China, by no means an independent entity.

The article says depicting Hong Kong as a "distinct entity" is virtually denying China's exercising sovereignty in Hong Kong.

Brownback's active intervention in Hong Kong affairs is not only out of personal motives, but also aimed to occupy the so called "international vacuum" in Hong Kong after the ending of British rule in 1997, and to use the Hong Kong affairs to contain China and affect China-US relations, the article analyzes.

The article gives a detailed explanation on the necessity and feasibility of practicing in Hong Kong the Basic Law, which, to those "Brownbacks", is the largest barrier to fulfilling their conspiracy.

The article goes on to criticize Brownback's remarks stigmatizing the Basic Law, and concludes that if the Basic Law is negated, there will be no legal basis for Hong Kong, which will ruin the sound business environment and also harm the interests of foreign investors in Hong Kong.

The article accuses Martin Lee of distorting the Basic Law to some Americans including Brownback, saying he has even degraded himself to lying in order to gain foreign intervention, and people Like Martin Lee can not represent Hong Kong people's desire.

The Basic Law has provided a forceful guarantee for democratic progress in Hong Kong and can effectively protect Hong Kong people's democratic rights, and Martin Lee's activities can only hamper the development of democracy in Hong Kong.

The article also cites remarks by Premier Wen Jiabao made at a meeting with the press following the closing session of the annual session of the National People's Congress -- "I sincerely hope that Hong Kong residents can take into consideration the broad situation of the long-term prosperity and stability as well as the long-term and fundamental interests of Hong Kong residents, be united and work together with firm determination for a better future of Hong Kong."

As long as people take what Premier Wen said as the guiding spirit for developing the political mechanism in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong society can reach a wide consensus on the issue and well administrate the HKSAR, the article says.

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