China has explicitly put forward “Four Nos” to the US regarding Hong Kong affairs: No to meeting people an envoy should not meet with and no to inciting, assisting, instigating or funding those who oppose China and cause chaos in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region file photo: Xinhua

 
Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, lodged “solemn representations” with US Consul General Julie Eadeh during a meeting on Tuesday about “her conduct since she assumed duties,” according to the Commissioner’s Office on Thursday.

Cui urged Eadeh to abide by the basic norms of international relations, refrain from interfering in China’s internal affairs and “make a clean break with anti-China forces.”

Cui stated the “Four Nos” requirements, namely no to meeting people an envoy should not meet with, no to colluding with anti-China forces, no to inciting, assisting, instigating or funding those who oppose China and cause chaos in Hong Kong, and no to interfering with national security cases in Hong Kong.

Eadeh, who assumed her duties as the top US envoy in Hong Kong in August, reportedly invited discredited political figures to her inaugural receptions.

Speaking at a regular press conference on Tuesday, HK Chief Executive John Lee cautioned foreign diplomats in the city not to engage in “destructive activities.”

Global Times