BEIJING — China warned against foreign meddling in Hong Kong’s politics Saturday ahead of an expected announcement to recommend highly contentious restrictions on the first direct elections for the leader of the Chinese-controlled financial hub.
An article in the ruling Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, People’s Daily, said that some in the former British colony were colluding with outside forces to interfere in Hong Kong’s governance.
“Not only are they undermining Hong Kong’s stability and development, but they’re also attempting to turn Hong Kong into a bridgehead for subverting and infiltrating the Chinese mainland,” said the article.
“This can absolutely not be permitted,” it said, citing an unidentified official in the Foreign Ministry’s department for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan affairs.
The article said Hong Kong’s affairs are entirely a Chinese internal matter. China will refute and make “solemn representations” in response to statements and actions by foreign forces and demand that they “cease meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs and Chinese internal political matters by any means,” it said.
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