China again warns US to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs

China has once again warned the United States to stop meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs, as the city continues to witness unrest.

“The US’s frequent interference in Hong Kong affairs will inevitably lead to resolute opposition and strong indignation of all Chinese people, including Hong Kong compatriots,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Friday.

Hua made the statement on Thursday in response to remarks by US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus, who called China a “thuggish regime” for disclosing the personal details of an American diplomat who had met with anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.

Ortagus had said “leaking an American diplomat’s private information, pictures, names of their children... is what a thuggish regime would do.”

Hua said that, “Hong Kong is China’s Hong Kong. The will of the Chinese people brooks neither insult nor bullying.”

On Thursday, the Hong Kong office of China’s Foreign Ministry summoned senior officials from the US consulate general in the city and filed stern representations with them over the contact.

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