Chinese foreign ministry brands Hong Kong separatist Andy Chan deplorable for writing to Donald Trump.... while city leader Carrie Lam was lost for words
Letter fully exposes Chan’s true face, colluding with external forces to stir up trouble, ministry spokesman says
The Chinese foreign ministry has called a Hong Kong separatist “deplorable” for sending a letter to US President Donald Trump, calling for the city and China to be kicked out of the World Trade Organisation.
“The letter... fully exposed [Andy Chan Ho-tin’s] true face, colluding with external forces to stir up trouble in China and Hong Kong,” said the office’s spokesman in Beijing on Tuesday, adding that such plan would have no chance to succeed.
Hong Kong National Party leader Chan last Saturday published an open letter calling for WTO membership to be revoked from China and Hong Kong, citing a “rapid deterioration of freedoms” in the city and a loss of autonomy under Chinese rule.
The foreign ministry’s remarks came hot on the heels of Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, saying she could “not find the adjectives” to describe how inappropriate it had been for Chan to send the letter.
“For somebody to advocate that a foreign government should penalise or punish Hong Kong ... really, I just don’t know what sort of adjectives to use to describe this sort of action,” Lam said.
