Yanghoe, China’s largest political event, has ended. China passed the Hong Kong electoral reform bill with overwhelming approval without a single negative vote, under the logic that’patriots should rule Hong Kong’.
Correspondent Kim Ji-sung from Beijing.
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The National People’s Congress, a parliamentary event in China, passed a bill to reform the Hong Kong election system prior to its closing.
There were 2,895 votes in favor and one abstention. There was no objection.
It was unanimous.
[리잔수/중국 전국인민대표대회 상무위원장 : 국가의 주권과 안전, 이익을 지키고 홍콩의 헌법 질서를 수호하겠다는 굳은 결의를 (보여줬습니다.)]
The reorganization of the Hong Kong election system required a committee to pre-screen candidates for elections.
It means that we will fundamentally prevent anti-Chinese people from running for elections.
In addition, the proportion of elected electors in the electoral corps that selects Hong Kong administrative ministers has been reduced, thereby increasing the likelihood that pro-Chinese will become Hong Kong executives.
It was argued that patriots should rule Hong Kong.
[리커창/중국 총리 : ‘일국양제(한 국가 두 체제)’를 완비하고 ‘애국자가 홍콩을 다스린다’는 원칙을 견지하는 것입니다.]
Right now, the pan-democracy camp in Hong Kong revolted, and the United States and others made it clear.
[미국 국무부 대변인 : (홍콩 선거제 개편은) 홍콩의 자치권과 자유, 민주적 과정에 대한 직접적인 공격입니다.]
The United States also sent destroyers in the Taiwan Strait a day before China’s Hong Kong electoral vote.
As US President Biden has emphasized democracy in Hong Kong, the conflict between the US and China over the reorganization of the Hong Kong election system in China is expected to increase.