China against US intervention in HK affairs, FM spokesman

China resolutely opposes the United States' intervention in Hong Kong affairs, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing Tuesday.

"The Hong Kong affairs are China's domestic affairs, and do not allow for any foreign intervention," Qin said at a routine news conference when asked about the US comment on Hong Kong's political system.

US deputy State Department spokesman Adam Ereli reportedly made a comment Monday on the development of Hong Kong's political system, urging China to set up a timetable for universal suffrage and full democracy in Hong Kong.

Moreover, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Martin Lee, a lawmaker from Hong Kong's Legislative Council, on Nov. 29 in Washington. And an US State Department spokesman said after the meeting that the United States supports Hong Kong's democracy and universal suffrage.

"The US side had repeatedly made indiscreet comments on the affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, which is very inappropriate and we are in firm opposition to such comments, " the spokesman said.

Source: Xinhua