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As soon as the "first sister" of the Hong Kong Customs took office, she aimed the gun at the Australian lobster and did a good job

As soon as the "first sister" of the Hong Kong Customs took office, she aimed the gun at the Australian lobster and did a good job

According to the Global Times reported on October 22, according to the nomination of Carrie Lam, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the State Council of The People's Republic of China appointed Ho Pei Shan as the chief of customs and excise of Hong Kong, which is also the first female customs chief since the establishment of the Hong Kong Customs for more than 100 years. At the beginning of her tenure, the "first sister" of the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department named a case of Australian lobster smuggling.

Ho said this seemed like an ordinary smuggling case, but these smuggling activities would undermine the trade restrictions imposed by the state on Australia. From her words, we can see that this is the attitude that officials in Hong Kong, China, should have, and it also reflects the overall situation that a senior official should have, which fully shows that the SAR is very correct in her appointment.

As soon as He Peishan took office, he aimed the gun at the Aolong smuggling case, which was really gratifying. As for the importance of this move, it is not only to crack down on smuggling at sea and rectify Hong Kong's economic order, but also to have a very strong political significance, which will block Australia's "curve to save the country" through Hong Kong, and effectively deter Hong Kong smuggling suspects and Australia-related industrial sectors.

To put it bluntly, Australian lobsters cannot enter the mainland market because of the sanctions imposed by the Chinese side, so smugglers enter the mainland by first entering the Hong Kong customs and then entering the mainland from Hong Kong, in this way still maintaining the "export" of the Australian lobster to the Chinese mainland market. But from now on, the smugglers and the Australian side will not be able to go down this crooked road in Hong Kong.

In recent years, in order to cater to the US sanctions and containment of China, Australia has committed a series of heinous anti-China acts, which have seriously damaged sino-Australian relations.

During the Trump era, the Australian government ordered the complete cancellation of 5G communication business cooperation with Huawei in order to cooperate with the United States in suppressing China's high-tech industry. Just this year, it forced one of its domestic states to tear up the Belt and Road Cooperation Agreement signed with the Chinese side and prepare to revoke the long-term lease agreement of Chinese companies in Darwin Port. When the United States launched a wave of smear on China, Australia spread rumors and slandered China in areas such as "human rights issues" and tracing the origin of the new crown virus.

Not long ago, The Australian defense Captain also spoke out on the most sensitive Taiwan issue on the Chinese side, declaring that he would work with the US military to "defend Taiwan." In the middle of last month, Australia signed an "Augustus" agreement with the United States and Britain, accepting the two countries to build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, largely to monitor China. Just this month, In two highly anti-China maritime joint exercises held by the United States, Australia was an active participant.

Australia has become an important member of the "four-country mechanism" set up by the United States to oppose China and contain China, and has completely embarked on the road of no return to confrontIng China, and naturally it will be strongly countered by China. In early November last year, the General Administration of Customs of China signed a ban restricting the entry of seven major categories of Australian goods into China, lobsters are one of them. In early May, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced that it would indefinitely suspend all activities under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue mechanism related to relevant Australian departments.

China's countermeasures are very precise, taking lobsters as an example. According to 2019 data, Aolong's total production exceeded 6650 tons, of which about 6500 tons were sold to China. It is conceivable that this Australian product is very dependent on the Chinese market. China's inclusion of lobsters on its list of sanctions against Australia is an effective means of punishing Australia. Unexpectedly, Australia's related industries have secretly adopted smuggling channels, so that China's sanctions cannot be implemented, and they cannot punish Australia.

Judging from the current situation in Hong Kong, Aolong smuggling is quite rampant, and a large number of cases have been cracked for several consecutive months, and more cases should be uncovered. From He Peishan's words and deeds after taking office, it can be seen that China's governance of Hong Kong, the "pearl of the Orient," has begun to bear fruit, and Hong Kong government officials have begun to have one heart with the motherland, rather than eating inside and outside, allowing anti-China countries and anti-China forces to exploit loopholes.

And how long can Australia run wild?

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