Straight News: The United Kingdom released the "Semi-annual Report on the Hong Kong Issue", and the Chinese side criticized it as distorting the facts and reversing black and white.
Special Commentator Chen Bing: The half-year report released by the British government is a repetition of the same old tune, singing the praises of Hong Kong's rule of law and development. These Britons always live in the illusion, always feel that their governance is the best, so they want to leave the EU, so they have to intervene in the Hong Kong issue, but in fact, they are singing an elegy for themselves. Looking at what Britain has become now, it is sad enough to still nag about the affairs of other countries.
After the report came out, it attracted a lot of scolding. Not to mention China and Hong Kong, even the British NGOs that support the Rioters find it absurd to say that this report is only harsh words and has no practical significance. What we need to emphasize is that Britain has no sovereignty, no right to govern, and no right to supervise Hong Kong, and it has provoked wrongs through a report, and it has no aristocratic demeanor at all, but is like a hob meat.
So why should the Chinese side warn Britain not to interfere in Hong Kong affairs and not to confuse the public opinion? Because the Hong Kong Legislative Council election under the newly elected system is about to be held, the British report openly denigrates "one country, two systems" and maliciously smears the Hong Kong National Security Law and the Hong Kong election system, which is actually an act of undermining the Hong Kong election.
The central authorities and the Hong Kong SAR Government certainly did not agree to the release of a report distorting Hong Kong's new election system before the Legislative Council elections, and their intention to disrupt the election and interfere with the election was clearly revealed, and of course they wanted to expose and criticize their serious violations of the principles of international law and the basic norms governing international relations. In addition to maintaining the smoothness of the election, the Chinese side is also safeguarding the rule of law and stability in Hong Kong by exposing the British side's rumors and slander. It is precisely because of the in-depth implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the improvement of the electoral system that Hong Kong society has returned to the right track, the rule of law and justice have been upheld, the rights, freedoms and security of Hong Kong people have been effectively guaranteed, and Hong Kong has ushered in a new stage of transformation from chaos to governance, governance by governance, and rejuvenation. This is not easy to come by, how can we tolerate the British government distorting the facts and talking nonsense? Therefore, this aspect also takes this opportunity to advise the British side to recognize the reality as soon as possible, conform to the general trend, and stop indulging in the old colonial dreams of the past.
Straight News: How do you observe this Hong Kong Legislative Council election, how is it different from the past?
Special Commentator Chen Bing: This election is an election under the new election system, and the new election system has a certain world significance, and is exploring a new path of democracy in the "post-truth era." In the past, including elections in the West, there was a basic premise, no matter who you were in favor of and who was against, the mainstream media professionally reported that most of the things given to voters were facts, and lying and lying would be disclosed immediately, so the basic fairness of the election could be guaranteed.
In the Internet era, there are more fakes than real, rumors run faster than the truth, voters prefer conspiracy theories rather than ask facts, prefer to believe social media rumors rather than the verified truth of the mainstream media, traditional election methods can no longer guarantee democracy, and the shortcomings of traditional democracy are also exposed in Hong Kong. What to do? Improve the electoral law.
The innovation of Hong Kong's new election system lies in the establishment of a multi-faceted electoral perspective, with direct elections at the grass-roots level, that is, elections for the Election Commission, and elections for social sectors, which are very likely to achieve diversity of identities, pluralism of values and concepts, and interests at all levels of high and low levels, avoid pan-politicization, avoid emotional voting, but strive to talk about the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth, and solve real problems. Such conspiracy theories and false political declarations cannot deceive the voters, and they have become the theme of the election and become a sharp weapon to win the support of the voters than expertise, political platform, concept, commitment, contribution, and problem-solving strategy. So I think Hong Kong's new election system is worth studying and praising, and it prescribes a prescription for the timeliness of democracy.
Author: Chen Bing, Special Commentator of Shenzhen Satellite TV", "Live Broadcasting hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan"