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A few foreign politicians recently made various comments on the #nationalsecuritylegislation for #HongKong. But I wonder if they had ever read through the Sino-British Joint Declaration before commenting, and if they can tell the detailed content of the #JointDeclaration.
The Sino-British #JointDeclaration is an important document concerning #HongKong's return to #China and relevant arrangements during the transition period.
It consists of eight paragraphs and three annexes.
The full text:
cmab.gov.hk/en/issues/jd2.…
It consists of eight paragraphs and three annexes.
The full text:
cmab.gov.hk/en/issues/jd2.…
1. @thetimes yesterday published a piece by former UK Foreign Secretary.
It misrepresented facts and China’s policies, not short of conjecture, delusion, spreading fear.
I share the following observations
It misrepresented facts and China’s policies, not short of conjecture, delusion, spreading fear.
I share the following observations
2. China is not abandoning “#onecountrytwosystems”by introducing #nationalsecuritylegislation.
China will unswervingly, fully and faithfully implement the principles of "#OneCountryTwoSystems," "the people of Hong Kong governing HK," and a high degree of autonomy.
China will unswervingly, fully and faithfully implement the principles of "#OneCountryTwoSystems," "the people of Hong Kong governing HK," and a high degree of autonomy.
3. Safeguarding national security is a core element of "#OneCountryTwoSystems".
It is also the precondition for this policy to succeed
The Decision is designed to consolidate the foundation of “#onecountrytwosystems” and keep it on the right track.
npc.gov.cn/englishnpc/c23…
It is also the precondition for this policy to succeed
The Decision is designed to consolidate the foundation of “#onecountrytwosystems” and keep it on the right track.
npc.gov.cn/englishnpc/c23…
1/ #Hongkongers welcome @BorisJohnson’s visa offer to 3 million #HongKong citizens, at the time when #Beijing government completely ignores the will of #HKers and unilaterally imposes the draconian #nationalsecuritylaw over the city.
2/ According to the latest poll, 64% of the city’s population opposes #China’s blackbox #nationalsecuritylegislation that completely bypasses local legislative scrutiny. However, Beijing chooses to ignore all critics and turns #HK into another Mainland city.
3/ The law will have grave implications for local civil society and investors’ interests in this global business centre. Beijing is literally imposing a #CCP-led #secretpolice agency to enforce #China’s law in the territory of #Hongkong.
1/ Despite foreign doubts and #Hongkongers’ criticism, #NPC just passed #nationalsecuritylegislation. # China unilaterally imposes the law with its legislation entirely under a black box, with no legislative scrutiny and public consultation. 
2/ Today’s decision is a direct assault on the will of #HKers. China is scrapping its promise of autonomy under the Joint Declaration, a legally binding international treaty, & burying 1Country2System when a #secretpolice agency can enforce #China’s laws within territory of HK.
3/ Up to now, #Beijing loyalists keep downplaying the adverse impacts on HK’s judicial independence & civil liberties. Under similar law in China, people seeking justice for #TiananmenMassacre, supporting HKProtest were sentenced to jail. It might kill HK’s democratic movements.
1. The British media and some politicians are interested in the draft decision on Hong Kong #nationalsecuritylegislation by the ongoing third session of China’s legislature- the National People’s Congress (NPC). Here is my thread on HK #nationalsecuritylegislation. @lisanandy
2. What is the draft decision: the draft decision on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanism for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (#HKSAR) to safeguard #nationalsecurity.
3. What has happened? The fourth plenary session of the 19th #CPC Central Committee clearly required establishing and improving a legal framework and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding #nationalsecurity in #HKSAR.
chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/dshdjjh/t1…
chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/dshdjjh/t1…
[EU should take actions before China scraps its promise]
1/ By unilaterally imposing an ill-defined #nationalsecuritylaw and a #secret-police agency, China is clearly scraping its promise of Joint Declaration and rewriting rules.
1/ By unilaterally imposing an ill-defined #nationalsecuritylaw and a #secret-police agency, China is clearly scraping its promise of Joint Declaration and rewriting rules.
2/ The latest development by @Reuters shows, #Beijing plans to impose a #CCP-led court in #Hongkong that blocks all foreign judges. Beyond any doubt, all these new measures will undermine HK’s judicial independence and its role as the only common law jurisdiction on China’s soul.
3/ The new law will definitely create massive political & legal uncertainties in this global city that affect civil society & foreign business. The loosely defined “foreign forces” will also put all ex-pats & travellers at risk amid the rise of China’s #wolfwarrior diplomacy.
