Today (April 15) is the 10th National Security Education Day. It marks the fifth anniversary of the promulgation by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, as well as the first anniversary of the legislation and implementation of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance. The Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held the Opening Ceremony cum Seminar of the National Security Education Day at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in the morning.
Xia Baolong, the Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, delivered a keynote speech via video link.
Xia noted that external forces' attempts to destabilize Hong Kong and use it to contain China will not change and can never succeed. He pointed out that the Chinese people have come through hardships, and anyone who tries to bring us back to poverty and weakness is our enemy. Any attempt by external forces to destabilize Hong Kong and return it to past turmoil is nothing but a pipe dream. And any attempt by external forces to keep us from living a better life and return us to the days of destitution is nothing but a fantasy.
He said, "It is also a pipe dream for external forces to try to delay or even interrupt the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and bring us back to the tragic situation of being trampled upon. Washington's repeated attempts to suppress Hong Kong will only accelerate the demise of its proxies in Hong Kong which will ultimately backfire on itself. Let those American peasants wail before the 5,000-year-old civilization of the Chinese nation!"
Xia also stressed that Chinese people will never accept bullying, and all Chinese people, including Hong Kong compatriots, cannot be intimidated or overwhelmed. "Fine wine for friends, shotguns for foes. We have never been afraid of anyone," he added.
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