China’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong derides ‘farce’ of European Commission report
- Beijing accuses EU’s executive arm of backing forces that ‘split the country’ and defends national security law criticised in report
China’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong has urged the European Commission to “abandon the absurd farce” over an annual report on the city, accusing it of blatantly supporting anti-China forces in the city.
A spokesman for the foreign ministry urged the commission to “abandon the absurd farce”, saying the report was a “malicious attack” on the “one country, two systems” governing principle.
“The European side blatantly supports the anti-China forces who incited social confrontation in Hong Kong, split the country and subverted the regime,” the spokesman said.
He added that “external forces” such as the European Commission should “give up the farce” of publishing such reports, and called for it to “immediately stop interfering in China’s internal affairs and stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs.”
