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(AP) – China has repeated its support for Hong Kong’s proposed extradition legislation, which has caused massive protests in the semiautonomous territory.
Appearing to reference the unrest, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang says “any act that undermines Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability is opposed by mainstream public opinion in Hong Kong.”
He also denied at his regular briefing Wednesday that China has been interfering in the city’s affairs in a way that violates agreements made when Hong Kong was handed back to China from British control.
He said: “Hong Kong people’s rights and freedoms have been fully guaranteed in accordance with law.”
The protests have forced the delay of legislative debate over the bill, which would allow criminal suspects in Hong Kong to be sent for trial in mainland China.
