US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus Friday picked a fight with Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Twitter … China has made stern representations with the relevant countries.Hong Kong is China's special administrative region and its Legislative Council election is China's local election and purely Hong Kong's internal affairs. AFP: The foreign ministers of five western countries issued a joint statement yesterday, urging Hong Kong to hold the legislative council elections as soon as possible. China will as always welcome companies from other countries to invest and operate in China, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Wednesday. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on August 11, 2020. In-Depth Coverage . Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks. Spokesman Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a … This reflects the common voice and just position of the international community.
Elections have been put off in other parts of the world due to the pandemic and other disasters, and the Hong Kong SAR government followed this practice in making this legitimate, reasonable and lawful decision. China will as always welcome companies from other countries to invest and operate in China, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.Spokesman Wang Wenbin made the remarks at a routine press briefing after Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, on Tuesday expressed confidence of European companies in China's development prospects. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian reiterated that China has no interest and has never interfered in US presidential elections. It is typical double standards that the Five Eyes chose to interpret the Hong Kong SAR government's decision in a twisted political way.With regard to the Law on Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, I need to remind certain countries of the fact that at a recent UNHRC session, 70 countries supported China's formulation of the law and condemned interference in China's internal affairs by using Hong Kong as a cover. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China. Zhao Lijian: China deplores and rejects the joint statement on Hong Kong by the foreign ministers of the Five Eyes. “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on October 19, 2016 https://t.co/5wGkkzmn7e” The five countries are the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Five Eyes can by no means represent the international community.Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of AustraliaEmbassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia All Rights Reserved China US Photo: VCG. 2020/08/10. Twitter has flagged a post written by Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian in March where he suggested that the coronavirus was brought by the US Army. They also warned authorities in Hong Kong not to undermine the democratic process. For example, the UK announced in March that local elections in places like England originally scheduled in May would be postponed to May 2021. Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: 6 Li Zhaoxing 20 October 1940 (age 79) 1985-1990 Foreign Minister (2003-2007) 7 Li Jinhua (female) September 1932 (age 87) 1987-1991 Ambassador to New Zealand: 8 Jin Guihua 14 January 1935 (age 85) It is another evidence of their interference in China's internal affairs and Hong Kong Legislative Council election.
To my knowledge, more than 60 countries and regions have postponed national or local elections due to COVID-19. No foreign government, organization or individual has any right or reason to interfere.The Hong Kong SAR Government's decision to postpone the election in the face of the raging pandemic is a justified and necessary step to ensure people's safety and health and a safe, fair and just election.
Twitter has put an exclamation mark underneath the tweet with a link that says, "Get the facts about COVID-19."