The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong today urged the U.S. to stop condoning and endorsing the "violent extremists" as well as undermining the city's prosperity and stability under the pretext of protecting human rights, stressing that Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs. A spokesperson said the Commissioner's Office expressed strong disapproval and firm opposition to the section on the city in the 2019 U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. "Although the US ranks lower than Hong Kong in terms of both freedom and the rule of law, it has nevertheless proclaimed itself as a judge of global human rights. "The reports are an insult to human rights and freedom and a flagrant interference in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs as a whole." "It has only again laid bare US hegemonic mindset and its notorious double standards."

Source: The Standard March 12, 2020 07:39 UTC