The Hong Kong 'Residual Power Theory' is absurd
- By Zhang Dinghuai
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E-mail China.org.cn, June 13, 2014
On June 10, the State Council Information Office of China published a white paper entitled "The Practice of the 'One Country, Two Systems' Policy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region," reviewing and summarizing the "one country, two systems" practice in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It reiterated the central government's continuity on Hong Kong policy and in particular stressed "fully and accurately understanding the meaning of the 'one country, two systems' policy and implementing it."
When the contents of the white paper (especially part five) were published, some people in Hong Kong society were surprised and called it "policy tightening." But this is not the case. The central government has not changed anything regarding the "one country, two systems" policy towards Hong Kong. However, since some people from Hong Kong society have a misunderstanding about the policy, China's central government had to make it clear.
Since 1997 when the UK returned Hong Kong to China, some people twisted the policy of "one country, two systems." This not only relates to the understanding of Hong Kong's political system according to the Basic Law, but more seriously, the relationship between "one country" and "two systems" was also twisted. The birth of the "Residual Power Theory" is evidence showing that some people were trying to deny the high degree of autonomy enjoyed by Hong Kong, approved by the central government. Those people tried to state in the public and in the media that Hong Kong is the source of its own power so that they could deny that the Chinese central government has the full administrative power and rights for this highly autonomous region and avoid talking about the basic political responsibility that Hong Kong must shoulder as a regional government under the central government.
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Hong Kong residents protest the "Occupy Central" campaign in 2013. [ File photo] |
Hong Kong is a society with a high level of freedom. This characteristic is a very important condition to keep Hong Kong prosperous, however, it also poses a problem; while it allows Hong Kong people to fully enjoy every right, it makes it convenient for outside powers to interfere in Hong Kong affairs. Therefore, a small minority of people in Hong Kong flirt with outside forces, constantly challenge the central government, spare no efforts in cursing and slandering, and continue to attack the political system.
As a region of China, Hong Kong has compelling obligations to contribute to maintaining the nation's sovereignty, ensure the nation's security and development interests. However, opposition forces in Hong Kong exploited the high tolerance and respect from the central government towards Hong Kong's freedom, and constantly advocate that the national security law will do harm to the Hong Kong people's freedom and use this as the excuse to reject and infinitely delay the Article 23 stated in the Basic Law. This makes a practical and potential threat to the nation's sovereignty, security and development interests.
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