Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference

Mao Ning: We strongly deplore and firmly oppose individual countries’ flagrant slandering against the national security law for Hong Kong and interference in the rule of law in the Hong Kong SAR.To get more news about mao ning, you can visit shine news official website.

Kevin Yam and the others have long been engaging in anti-China activities aimed at destabilizing Hong Kong. After fleeing overseas, they have acted in an even more outrageous way to create trouble and continued to instigate the division of the country and subversion of state power, acting as pawns for external anti-China forces in their effort to interfere in Hong Kong affairs. Their abominable moves gravely violate the national security law for Hong Kong, seriously threaten the bottom line of One Country, Two Systems, severely harm the fundamental interests of Hong Kong and gravely jeopardize China’s sovereignty, security and development interests. Justice will never be late or absent. The Hong Kong police issued arrest warrants for these destabilizing elements in accordance with the national security law and other local laws. This is a just act that meets the aspiration of the people and upholds the rule of law, a necessary act for safeguarding the authority of the national security law and protecting the nation’s sovereignty and security, and a legitimate act for consolidating the fruits of ending chaos and ensuring lasting stability in Hong Kong. This act is also consistent with international law and customary practice.

I would like to reiterate that Hong Kong affairs are purely China’s internal affairs and brook no meddling by any external forces. Relevant countries need to respect China’s sovereignty and the rule of law in Hong Kong, stop lending support for anti-China elements destabilizing Hong Kong, and stop providing a safe haven for fugitives. China remains firmly resolved in safeguarding the nation’s sovereignty, security and development interests, in implementing One Country, Two Systems, and in opposing interference in Hong Kong affairs by any external forces. Mao Ning: I noted relevant reports. The Japanese government’s pushing ahead with the ocean discharge plan has raised widespread concerns and worries from the international community. A Global Times survey conducted in 11 countries including China, the ROK, Japan, the Philippines and New Zealand indicates that of the 11,000 respondents, nearly 90 percent showed worries, fear and anger toward the plan, and more than 90 percent of them support their countries in taking measures to intervene in Japan’s ocean discharge plan.

Regrettably however, the Japanese government has been stubbornly pushing through its ocean discharge plan and trying every means to give the false impression that the discharge is legitimate and justified. The IAEA will issue the review report later today. I would like to point out that the agency was invited by the Japanese side and its mandate is limited to evaluating the ocean discharge plan. The report cannot greenlight the discharge as it cannot prove that ocean discharge is the only option or the safest and most reliable option.

China once again urges Japan to, in a responsible attitude for the whole humanity and our future generations, stop pushing through the discharge plan, fully explore and evaluate the alternatives to ocean discharge to ensure that the nuclear-contaminated water is handled in a scientific, safe and transparent manner, and agree to rigorous international oversight. Mao Ning: China always upholds mutual respect, inclusiveness and mutual learning between civilizations, firmly opposes extremist acts attacking different religious beliefs and inciting civilization clash and all forms of Islamophobia. The Islamic civilization has made important contribution to world civilizations. The Muslim faith and religious feelings should be respected. The so-called “freedom of speech” should not be the excuse for stoking conflicts and antagonism between civilizations.

President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Civilization Initiative this March. It advocates equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness among civilizations and replacing estrangement with exchange, clash with mutual learning, and superiority with inclusiveness. China will work with the international community to advocate the spirit of the Global Civilization Initiative, promote inter-civilization exchanges and dialogue with concrete actions and jointly safeguard the diversity of world civilizations.